Noun: rhonchus
| Singular | rhonchus |
| Plural | rhonchi |
Sample Sentences
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“You have poisoned yourself again!” Humfried emitted an alarming rhonchus. [2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 699:]
Nouns inflected like rhonchus
ophiopluteus,
faveolus,
saccus,
lampadarius,
scarus,
scapus,
solvus,
soleus,
socius,
acrorhagus,
red nucleus,
xystus,
phaseolus,
jelly fungus,
rust fungus,
computus,
paraflocculus,
sibilant rhonchus,
chalimus,
stratigotus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rhonchus (“snoring”), from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos) (Caelius Aurelianus), of imitative origin. See: Latin Nouns '
rhonchus'.