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English
The (o)esophagus is at the bottom right
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος ( oisophágos ) , from οἴσω ( oísō ) , future form of φέρω ( phérō , “ I carry ” ) + ἔφαγον ( éphagon , “ I ate ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
oesophagus (plural oesophagi or oesophaguses )
( anatomy ) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach .
Synonyms: gullet , weasand
2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian :Graham, who lived in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, donated his oesophagus to the MRC cancer unit at Cambridge University, for research.
Derived terms
Translations
the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach
Afrikaans: slukderm (af)
Albanian: ezofag (sq) m
Arabic: مَرِيء m ( marīʔ )
Armenian: կերակրափող (hy) ( kerakrapʻoġ )
Asturian: esófagu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: qida borusu
Bashkir: үңәс
Belarusian: страваво́д m ( stravavód )
Bengali: গ্রাসনালী ( graśnali ) অন্ননালী (bn) ( onnonali ) , ওলকম ( ōlokom )
Breton: treizher f
Bulgarian: хранопрово́д (bg) m ( hranoprovód )
Burmese: အစာပြွန် (my) ( a.ca-prwan )
Catalan: esòfag (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食道 (zh) ( shídào ) , 食管 (zh) ( shíguǎn )
Czech: jícen (cs) m
Danish: spiserør (da) n
Dutch: slokdarm (nl) m , oesophagus (nl) m
Esperanto: ezofago
Estonian: söögitoru (et)
Finnish: ruokatorvi (fi)
French: œsophage (fr) m
Friulian: esofac m
Galician: esófago (gl) m
Georgian: საყლაპავი მილი ( saq̇laṗavi mili )
German: Speiseröhre (de) f , ( medical jargon also ) Ösophagus (de) m
Greek: οισοφάγος (el) m ( oisofágos )
Ancient: οἰσοφάγος m ( oisophágos )
Hebrew: וֵשֶׁט (he) m ( véshet )
Hindi: ग्रासनली f ( grāsanlī ) , घेघा (hi) m ( gheghā )
Hungarian: nyelőcső (hu)
Icelandic: vélinda (is) n
Ido: ezofago (io)
Indonesian: esofagus (id)
Ingrian: söökkikerus , söömäkerus
Irish: éasafagas m
Old Irish: díbechán m
Italian: esofago (it) m
Japanese: 食道 (ja) ( しょくどう, shokudō )
Kazakh: өңеш ( öñeş ) , өзек ( özek )
Khmer: បំពង់អាហារ ( bɑmpŭəng ʼaahaa )
Korean: 식도(食道) (ko) ( sikdo ) , 밥길 (ko) ( bapgil ) ( North Korea ) , 식관(食管) (ko) ( sikgwan )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: soriçik f
Kyrgyz: өңгөч (ky) ( öŋgöc ) , кызыл өңгөч ( kızıl öŋgöc )
Ladino: ושט ? ( ṿesheṭ )
Lao: ຫລອດອາຫານ ( lǭt ʼā hān )
Latin: fistula cibālis f , oesophagus m
Latvian: barības vads m
Lithuanian: stemplė f
Macedonian: хранопро́вод m ( hranopróvod ) , хранопроводник m ( hranoprovodnik )
Malay: esofagus (ms)
Malayalam: അന്നനാളം (ml) ( annanāḷaṁ )
Maori: pūkai
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: улаан хоолой ( ulaan xooloj )
Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠᠢ ( ulaɣan qoɣulai )
Navajo: azágí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spiserør n , øsofagus m
Nynorsk: matrøyr n
Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز ( boğaz )
Pashto: مرۍ (ps) f ( marᶕy )
Persian: مری (fa) ( meri )
Polish: przełyk (pl) m
Portuguese:
Brazilian: esôfago (pt) m
European: esófago (pt) m
Romanian: esofag (ro) n
Russian: пищево́д (ru) m ( piščevód )
Scottish Gaelic: slugan m , sgòrnan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гр̀кљан m , је̑дња̄к m
Roman: gr̀kljan (sh) m , jȇdnjāk (sh) m
Slovak: pažerák (sk) m
Slovene: požiralnik (sl) m
Spanish: esófago (es) m
Swedish: matstrupe (sv) c
Tagalog: lalaugan , esopago
Tajik: сурхрӯда ( surxrüda )
Tarifit: tmijja f
Tatar: үңәч (tt) ( üñäç )
Thai: หลอดอาหาร ( lɔ̀ɔt-aa-hǎan )
Tok Pisin: mambu bilong nek
Turkish: yemek borusu (tr) , yemak
Ukrainian: стравохі́д m ( stravoxíd )
Uyghur: قىزىلئۆڭگەچ ( qizil'önggech )
Uzbek: qiziloʻngach (uz)
Vietnamese: thực quản (vi) (食管 )
Volapük: söof
Welsh: oesoffagws m , sefnig m or f
Zhuang: saihoz
See also
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος ( oisophágos ) , from οἴσω ( oísō ) , future form of φέρω ( phérō , “ I carry ” ) + ἔφαγον ( éphagon , “ I ate ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
oesophāgus m ( Medieval Latin )
( anatomy ) gullet , oesophagus
Synonym: fistula cibālis
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants