larynx
French, noun/la.ʁɛ̃ks/
larynx is spelled L-A-R-Y-N-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Larynx is a French masculine noun meaning “larynx” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie supérieure de la trachée-artère, qui est un des organes de la respiration et le principal instrument…”.
What does larynx mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelarynx
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie supérieure de la trachée-artère, qui est un des organes de la respiration et le principal instrument de la voix.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce larynx?
- /la.ʁɛ̃ks/
- \la.ʁɛ̃ks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to larynx
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is larynx in French?
larynx appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).