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lung¹
- /ˈlʌŋ/ UK, US
- /lʊŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
- /lʊŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌŋ
Where it comes from
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 Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”).
noun lungs
- A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
- 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. Afterwards he found that the vague feeling of alarm had spread to the clients of the underground railway, and that the Sunday excursionists began to return from all the South-Western "lungs" - Barnes, Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Kew, and so forth - at unnaturally early hours[.]
Lung²
proper noun Lungs
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pulmonary, respiratory, lifeblood, liver, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, respiration, inhalation, breathing, dragon, chest, long, nong, yong, cannon
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noun organ that extracts oxygen from the air
| Español | pulmón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 허파 heopa, 폐 pye, 부아 bua |
| 日本語 | 肺臓 haizō, 肺 hai |
| 中文 | 肺臟 /肺脏 fèizàng, 肺 fèi |
| हिन्दी | फेफड़ा phephṛā, फुफ्फुस phuphphus |
| Kiswahili | pafu |
| Português | pulmão |
| Français | poumon |
| Deutsch | Lunge |
| Italiano | polmone |
| Ελληνικά | πνεύμονας pnévmonas |
| Română | plămân, pulmon, plămâni |
| Русский | лёгкое ljóxkoje |
| Tiếng Việt | phổi |
| العربية | رِئَة riʔa, سَحَر saḥar |
| עברית | ריאה, רֵאָה re'á |
Talk about this word "lung." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lung. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lung. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lung "lung." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lung.Cite this
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title = {lung},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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