"larynx" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlæ.ɹɪŋks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɛɹ.ɪŋks/ [General-American], /ˈlæɹ.ɪŋks/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-larynx.wav [UK] Forms: larynges [plural], larynxes [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹɪŋks, -ɛəɹɪŋks Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lárunx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|larynx}} New Latin larynx, {{bor|en|grc|λᾰ́ρῠγξ|t=larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat}} Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lárunx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”) Head templates: {{en-noun|larynges|+}} larynx (plural larynges or larynxes)
  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production. Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms: voice box [informal] Derived forms: endolarynx, hyolarynx, laryngo-, laryng-, microlarynx, presbylarynx Related terms: laryngeal, pharynx, syrinx Translations (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production): laring (Albanian), λάρυγξ (lárunx) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), حَنْجَرَة (ḥanjara) [feminine] (Arabic), حنجرة (ḥangara) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), حَنْجَرة (ḥanjara) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), կոկորդ (kokord) (Armenian), խռչակ (xṙčʻak) (Armenian), larinxe [feminine] (Asturian), qırtlaq (Azerbaijani), гарта́нь (hartánʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), স্বরযন্ত্র (śorjontro) (Bengali), гръкля́н (grǎklján) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ларинкс (larinks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), laringe [feminine] (Catalan), (hóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 喉頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 喉头 (hóutóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 嗓子 (sǎngzi) [informal] (Chinese Mandarin), aval briansen [masculine] (Cornish), hrtan [masculine] (Czech), strubehoved [neuter] (Danish), strottenhoofd (Dutch), laringo (Esperanto), kõri (Estonian), barkaknetti [neuter] (Faroese), barkaknøttur [masculine] (Faroese), barkakýli [neuter] (Faroese), kurkunpää (Finnish), larynx [masculine] (French), larinxe [feminine] (Galician), ხორხი (xorxi) (Georgian), Kehlkopf [masculine] (German), λάρυγγας (láryngas) (Greek), בית הקול (Hebrew), स्वरग्रंथि (svaragranthi) [feminine] (Hindi), स्वरयंत्र (svaryantra) (Hindi), gége (Hungarian), barkakýli [neuter] (Icelandic), laringo (Ido), laring (Indonesian), úll na scórnaí (Irish), an feadán glóir (Irish), laraing [feminine] (Irish), laringe [feminine] (Italian), 喉頭 (kōtō) (alt: こうとう) (Japanese), көмей (kömei) (Kazakh), көмекей (kömekei) (Kazakh), ឃោសិត្រ (kʰooset) (Khmer), បំពង់កក្នុង (bɑmpʊəŋ kɑɑ knoŋ) (Khmer), 후두 (hudu) (alt: 喉頭) (Korean), кекиртек (kekirtek) (Kyrgyz), larynx [feminine] (Latin), balsene [feminine] (Latvian), gerklos (Lithuanian), грклан (grklan) [masculine] (Macedonian), larinks (Malay), aahjioogh [feminine] (Manx), goolag [feminine] (Manx), paeoro (Maori), qirrik [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), strupehode (Norwegian), حنجره (hanjare) (Persian), خشکنای (xošknây) (Persian), krtań [feminine] (Polish), laringe [feminine] (Portuguese), laringe [neuter] (Romanian), горта́нь (gortánʹ) [feminine] (Russian), гло́тка (glótka) [feminine] (Russian), guthlag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), гр̀кљан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gr̀kljan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hrtan [masculine] (Slovak), grlo [neuter] (Slovene), laringe [feminine] (Spanish), larynx [neuter] (Swedish), struphuvud [neuter] (Swedish), patinigan (Tagalog), tatagukan (Tagalog), குரல்வளை (kuralvaḷai) (Tamil), กล่องเสียง (glɔ̀ng-sǐiang) (Thai), gırtlak (Turkish), kekirdek (Turkmen), горта́нь (hortánʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), гло́тка (hlótka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), بوغۇز (boghuz) (Uyghur), kekirdak (Uzbek), thanh quản (alt: 聲管) (Vietnamese), larin (Volapük), laryncs [masculine] (Welsh), corn gwddf [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "text": "There is one thing, among abundance of others, in Anatomy, which has always much affected me with Admiration, [...] It is the Situation and Elaſticity of the Epiglottis, a ſoft Cartilaginous Cover to the Larynx, or Orifice of the Wind-pipe; that this Epiglottis ſhould, all a Man's life, be drawn up, for the Benefit of Reſpiration, and fall down and ſhut, whilſt every bit we eat, and every drop we drink, paſſes over it into the Gullet and Stomach; and that we ſhould ſo ſeldom have Occaſion to cough up a crum, or drop, that may accidentaly ſlip into the Larynx; [...]",
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          "text": "The differences in the voices of man and woman cannot but have been always obſerved; and their larynxes exhibit, on a merely ſuperficial inſpection, a great diſproportion in ſize.",
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          "ref": "1830 March 16, Joshua Brookes, “XXIX. On the Remarkable Formation of the Trachea In the Egyptian Tantalus”, in The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, volume XVI, London: Richard Taylor, […]; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […]; William Wood, […], published 1833, →OCLC, page 502",
          "text": "I hope to be understood as not implying that there is no peculiarity of the larynges and tracheæ, except in some genera; for I believe all have the admirable mechanism of the organ of voice differently constructed, with corresponding muscles, and distribution of nerves, producing those various modulations of sound so familiar to us, and destined for the excitement of love, as well as for other purposes.",
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          "ref": "1968 April 25, John E. Bordley (witness), Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations for 1969: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session: […], part 7 (Members of Congress, Interested Individuals and Organizations), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 259",
          "text": "The work on larynx transplantation has been discussed in the previous paragraphs. Corollary to this is the possible development of an artificial larynx which can be implanted just as an artificial heart might be implanted. Design of such larynxes might permit a quick solution to the problem of tissue rejection.",
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          "text": "The ability of Red Deer stags to lower their larynx when roaring appears to be one of the exaggerators of formant dispersal, since the resting position of the male larynx is already lower than the typical mammalian position. [...] Size exaggeration provides an intriguing, non-linguistic explanation for the descent of the human larynx [...].",
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          "text": "Study of intubated larynges from infants of 22 to 40 weeks' gestation who survived a few hours to 300 days showed acute injury was almost invariable, and up to 100% of the subglottic epithelium was lost within a few hour of intubation, but progression of injury was relatively short-lived.",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
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          "word": "úll na scórnaí"
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "an feadán glóir"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
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          "roman": "kömei",
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          "code": "kk",
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          "word": "көмекей"
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          "code": "km",
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          "roman": "kʰooset",
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          "word": "ឃោសិត្រ"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑmpʊəŋ kɑɑ knoŋ",
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          "word": "후두"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "balsene"
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          "code": "lt",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "gerklos"
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          "word": "грклан"
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          "code": "ms",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "larinks"
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          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
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          "word": "aahjioogh"
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          "code": "gv",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
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          "word": "goolag"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "paeoro"
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        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "strupehode"
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          "code": "fa",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "حنجره"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "خشکنای"
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "krtań"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "laringe"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "горта́нь"
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          "word": "гло́тка"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "guthlag"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "гр̀кљан"
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "laringe"
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          "code": "sv",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "larynx"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "word": "struphuvud"
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        {
          "code": "tl",
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          "word": "patinigan"
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        {
          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "tatagukan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
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          "roman": "kuralvaḷai",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "குரல்வளை"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "กล่องเสียง"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "gırtlak"
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        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "kekirdek"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hortánʹ",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "горта́нь"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "hlótka",
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          "word": "гло́тка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "boghuz",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "بوغۇز"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "kekirdak"
        },
        {
          "alt": "聲管",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "thanh quản"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "word": "larin"
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        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "text": "Meronyms: epilarynx, hypolarynx, orolarynx"
        },
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          "ref": "1727, Walter Harris, “Section II. Of the Wonderful Works of God.”, in The Great and Wonderful Works of God Humbly Represented: And the Just and Equal Distributions of Providence Demonstrated. […], London: James Roberts […], →OCLC, pages 29–30",
          "text": "There is one thing, among abundance of others, in Anatomy, which has always much affected me with Admiration, [...] It is the Situation and Elaſticity of the Epiglottis, a ſoft Cartilaginous Cover to the Larynx, or Orifice of the Wind-pipe; that this Epiglottis ſhould, all a Man's life, be drawn up, for the Benefit of Reſpiration, and fall down and ſhut, whilſt every bit we eat, and every drop we drink, paſſes over it into the Gullet and Stomach; and that we ſhould ſo ſeldom have Occaſion to cough up a crum, or drop, that may accidentaly ſlip into the Larynx; [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1819, Abraham Rees, “LARYNX”, in The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. [...] In Thirty-nine Volumes, volume XX, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, […] [et al.], →OCLC, column 1",
          "text": "The differences in the voices of man and woman cannot but have been always obſerved; and their larynxes exhibit, on a merely ſuperficial inſpection, a great diſproportion in ſize.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1830 March 16, Joshua Brookes, “XXIX. On the Remarkable Formation of the Trachea In the Egyptian Tantalus”, in The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, volume XVI, London: Richard Taylor, […]; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […]; William Wood, […], published 1833, →OCLC, page 502",
          "text": "I hope to be understood as not implying that there is no peculiarity of the larynges and tracheæ, except in some genera; for I believe all have the admirable mechanism of the organ of voice differently constructed, with corresponding muscles, and distribution of nerves, producing those various modulations of sound so familiar to us, and destined for the excitement of love, as well as for other purposes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1968 April 25, John E. Bordley (witness), Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations for 1969: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session: […], part 7 (Members of Congress, Interested Individuals and Organizations), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 259",
          "text": "The work on larynx transplantation has been discussed in the previous paragraphs. Corollary to this is the possible development of an artificial larynx which can be implanted just as an artificial heart might be implanted. Design of such larynxes might permit a quick solution to the problem of tissue rejection.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2003, John Maynard Smith, David Harper, “Indices of Quality”, in Animal Signals, Oxford, Oxforshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 2004, 4.2 Are Mammalian Sounds Reliable Indices of Size?, page 47",
          "text": "The ability of Red Deer stags to lower their larynx when roaring appears to be one of the exaggerators of formant dispersal, since the resting position of the male larynx is already lower than the typical mammalian position. [...] Size exaggeration provides an intriguing, non-linguistic explanation for the descent of the human larynx [...].",
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          "ref": "2015, George H. Zalzal, Robin Thomas Cotton, “Glottic and Subglottic Stenosis”, in Marci M. Lesperance, Paul W. Flint, Cummings Pediatric Otolaryngology, Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders, Elsevier, 6: Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea, and Esophagus, page 350, column 2",
          "text": "Study of intubated larynges from infants of 22 to 40 weeks' gestation who survived a few hours to 300 days showed acute injury was almost invariable, and up to 100% of the subglottic epithelium was lost within a few hour of intubation, but progression of injury was relatively short-lived.",
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      "word": "حَنْجَرَة"
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      "word": "խռչակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "larinxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "qırtlaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hartánʹ",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гарта́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śorjontro",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "স্বরযন্ত্র"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grǎklján",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гръкля́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "larinks",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ларинкс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laringe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hóu",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "喉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "喉頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hóutóu",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "喉头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sǎngzi",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "嗓子"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aval briansen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hrtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "strubehoved"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "strottenhoofd"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "laringo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "kõri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "barkaknetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barkaknøttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "barkakýli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "kurkunpää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "larynx"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "larinxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xorxi",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "ხორხი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kehlkopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "láryngas",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "λάρυγγας"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "lárunx",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λάρυγξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "בית הקול"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svaragranthi",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "स्वरग्रंथि"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svaryantra",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "स्वरयंत्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "gége"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "barkakýli"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "laringo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "laring"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "úll na scórnaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "an feadán glóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laraing"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laringe"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōtō",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "喉頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kömei",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "көмей"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kömekei",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "көмекей"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kʰooset",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "ឃោសិត្រ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑmpʊəŋ kɑɑ knoŋ",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "បំពង់កក្នុង"
    },
    {
      "alt": "喉頭",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hudu",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "후두"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "qirrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kekirtek",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "кекиртек"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "larynx"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balsene"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "gerklos"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "grklan",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грклан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "larinks"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aahjioogh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goolag"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "paeoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "strupehode"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hanjare",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "حنجره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xošknây",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "خشکنای"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krtań"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laringe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "laringe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gortánʹ",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "горта́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glótka",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гло́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guthlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гр̀кљан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gr̀kljan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hrtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "grlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laringe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "larynx"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "struphuvud"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "patinigan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "tatagukan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kuralvaḷai",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "குரல்வளை"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "glɔ̀ng-sǐiang",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "กล่องเสียง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "gırtlak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "kekirdek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hortánʹ",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "горта́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hlótka",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гло́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "boghuz",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "بوغۇز"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "kekirdak"
    },
    {
      "alt": "聲管",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "thanh quản"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "word": "larin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laryncs"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corn gwddf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "larynx"
}

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