trachea

1. 1.

   membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi

   Synonymswindpipe

   Broadercartilaginous tube

   Part ofupper respiratory tractneck

   Partsepiglottis
2. 2.

   one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids

   Broadertubule

   Part ofrespiratory system

Other forms of trachea

plural

tracheae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trachea

What does trachea mean?

trachea means "membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trachea?

trachea has 3 syllables: tra-che-a. The stress falls on "tra". In IPA it is /ˈtɹeɪkiə/.

What is another word for trachea?

Close synonyms include windpipe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trachea a common word?

trachea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.