pharynx
French, noun/fa.ʁɛ̃ks/
pharynx is spelled P-H-A-R-Y-N-X (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pharynx is a French masculine noun meaning “pharynx” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cavité musculo-membraneuse, séparée de la bouche par le voile du palais et se continuant par l’œsophage”.
What does pharynx mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepharynx
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cavité musculo-membraneuse, séparée de la bouche par le voile du palais et se continuant par l’œsophage.
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 pharynx?
- /fa.ʁɛ̃ks/
- \fa.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 pharynx
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pharynx in French?
pharynx appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).