pharynx
/ˈfeɹɪŋks/FEH-ringks
/ˈfɛɹɪŋks/FEH-ringks
Meaningthe throat
Common meaning: the throat
- pharynthe throatLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 855 · scan
- xGreek noun ending
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√BHAR‘bore, to cut’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 232, p. 738 · scan
- Greekφάρυγξ‘the throat’
- Latinpharynx
- Englishpharynx‘the throat’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Greek φάρυγξ ‘the throat’.
Roots
- φάρυγξ Greek “the throat”
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