different between larynx vs fauces

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek ??????? (lárunx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?la.???ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l??.??ks/, /?læ?.??ks/
• Rhymes: -æ???ks, -?????ks

Noun

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.

   Synonym: (informal) voice box

   Meronyms: epilarynx, hypolarynx, orolarynx

   Hyponyms: electrolarynx, mechanical larynx

Derived terms

Related terms

• laryngeal

Translations

See also

• pharynx
• syrinx

References

• “larynx”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “larynx”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Further reading

• larynx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Czech

Noun

larynx m

1. larynx

   Synonym: hrtan

Further reading

• larynx in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• larynx in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (lárunx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.???ks/

Noun

larynx m (plural larynx)

1. larynx

Further reading

• “larynx” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (lárunx, “larynx, upper part of the windpipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.rynks/, [???ä???ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.rinks/, [?l???i?ks]

Noun

larynx f (genitive laryngis); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) larynx

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• laryngeus

Descendants

• ? English: larynx
• ? French: larynx

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??si?z/

Noun

fauces pl (plural only)

1. (anatomy) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
2. (botany) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
3. (zoology) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Translations

References

• Hurme, Pesonen, Syväoja, "Englanti-Suomi suursanakirja", ?ISBN, 4th ed., 1993, page 426
• "Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language", new rev. ed., 1994, ?ISBN, page 702. Based on "The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, the Unabridged Edition", 2nd ed., 1993

Latin

Etymology

Plural of faux, of unknown etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fau?.ke?s/, [?fäu?ke?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fau?.t??es/, [?f??u?t???s]

Noun

fauc?s f pl (genitive faucium); third declension

1. throat, pharynx, gullet
2. a narrow entrance, entry passage
3. defile, gorge

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

The word is often plural, although a single instance of the nominative singular form faux is known.

Descendants

• English: fauces
• Galician: fauces
• Italian: fauci
• Portuguese: fauce, foz
• Spanish: fauces, hocino

References

• fauces in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fauces in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fauces in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fauces in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fauces in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fauces in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Noun

fauces

1. plural of fauce