branchia

== English == === Etymology === From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === branchia (plural branchiae) A gill or other organ having the same function. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === bra chain == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbran.kja/ Rhymes: -ankja Hyphenation: bràn‧chia === Noun === branchia f (plural branchie) gill ==== Related terms ==== branchiale == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”). === Noun === branchia f (genitive branchiae); first declension (usually in the plural) branchia (gill of a fish) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: brànquia → English: branchia → Spanish: branchia → French: branchie Italian: branchia Sicilian: vranchia === References === “branchia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "branchia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “branchia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.