Jump to content

rhonchus

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Latin rhonchus (snoring), from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos) (Caelius Aurelianus),[1] of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒŋ.kəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑŋ.kəs/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

[edit]

rhonchus (plural rhonchi)

  1. (medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 699:
      “You have poisoned yourself again!” Humfried emitted an alarming rhonchus.

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Robert Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, vol. II (Leiden: Brill, 2010), 1278.

Dutch

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

rhonchus f (plural rhonchi, diminutive rhonchuske n)

  1. rhonchus

Latin

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Coined by Roman physician and writer on medical topics Caelius Aurelianus: borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos, snoring, stertorous breathing).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

rhonchus m (genitive rhonchī); second declension

  1. A snoring.
    1. (transferred sense) The croaking of a frog.
  2. (figurative) A sneering, sneer, jeer.

Inflection

[edit]

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rhonchus rhonchī
genitive rhonchī rhonchōrum
dative rhonchō rhonchīs
accusative rhonchum rhonchōs
ablative rhonchō rhonchīs
vocative rhonche rhonchī

Descendants

[edit]
  • Dutch: rhonchus
  • English: rhonchus

References

[edit]