Borrowed from nl. larynx, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈlæ.ɹɪŋks/
• (America) IPA: /ˈlɛɹ.ɪŋks/, /ˈlæɹ.ɪŋks/

larynx

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.

   Synonyms: voice box

   Hyponyms: electrolarynx, mechanical larynx

   Meronyms: epilarynx, hypolarynx, orolarynx

   • 1809, William Nicholson, “PHYSIOLOGY ↗”, in The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […], volume V (N … R), London: Printed by C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC ↗:

     The larynx is the instrument of the voice, of which the rima glottidis is the immediate organ. [...] The change of the voice from acute to grave at the time of puberty, when the larynx undergoes a remarkable development, as well as its acuteness in females, whose glottis is less by one third than that of man, shew that the size of the aperture has a great influence.

• laryngeal

• French: larynx
• German: Kehlkopf
• Italian: laringe
• Portuguese: laringe
• Russian: горта́нь
• Spanish: laringe