lung
A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the bloodA biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
» My uncle died of lung cancer.
Mein Onkel starb an Lungenkrebs.
Мой дядя умер от рака лёгких.
Мій дядько помер від раку легень.
Meaning
3 sensesA biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
(in the plural)Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
He no longer has the lungs to play long rallies like he used to.
That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.
Lunge
лёгкоеljóxkoje
леге́няlehénja
- either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
Examples
209 sentencesMy uncle died of lung cancer.
Мій дядько помер від раку легень. — deniko
ruМой дядя умер от рака лёгких. — marafon
deMein Onkel starb an Lungenkrebs. — wolfgangth
My father died of lung cancer.
Мій батько помер від раку легенів. — deniko
deMein Vater starb an Lungenkrebs. — virgil
Tom was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Тому поставили діагноз рак легені. — deniko
That man died of lung cancer a week ago.
Той чоловік помер тиждень тому від раку легенів. — leyla
ruТот мужчина умер неделю назад от рака легких. — leyla
deDer Mann ist letzte Woche an Lungenkrebs gestorben. — MUIRIEL
He's got lung cancer.
У нього рак легенів. — brambury
ruУ него рак лёгких. — odexed
deEr hat Lungenkrebs. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō,From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian лёгкое (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light in weight”) and perhaps Albanian lungë (“blister, bulge”). Compare Latin levis and Old English lēoht (Modern English light). See also lights (“lungs”). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”).
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Forms
plural: lungsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
51 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- lung cancer
- of lung cancer
- of his lungs
- died of lung