intestine

English

Wikipedia

The intestine, along with surrounding organs

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈtɛstɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɛstɪn

Etymology 1

From Latin intestīnum, neuter of intestīnus (“internal”), as Etymology 2, below.

Noun

intestine (plural intestines)

1. (anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
2. One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.

Synonyms

• bowel
• gut

Derived terms

• intestinal
• gastrointestinal
• large intestine
• small intestine

Translations

alimentary canal

Arabic: أمعاء (ar) ('am`ā') m. pl., مصير (ar) (maSīr) m. Armenian: աղիք (hy) (aġik') Catalan: intestí (ca) m., budell (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 腸管 (cmn), 肠管 (cmn) (chángguǎn), 腸 (cmn), 肠 (cmn) (cháng) Czech: střevo (cs) n. Dutch: darm (nl) m., ingewanden (nl) pl. Esperanto: intesto (eo) Finnish: suolisto (fi), suolet (fi) pl. French: intestin (fr) m. Georgian: ნაწლავი (ka) (nats‘lavi), კუჭ-ნაწლავი (ka) (kuč‘-nats‘lavi) German: Darm (de) m., Eingeweide (de) n. Greek: έντερο (el) (éntero) n. Hebrew: מעי (he) Hungarian: bél (hu) Icelandic: görn  (is) f. Irish: putóg (ga) f. Italian: intestino (it) m.

Japanese: 腸管 (ja) (ちょうかん, chōkan), 腸 (ja) (ちょう, chō) Korean: 창자 (changja), (vulgar) 배알 (baeal) Latvian: zarnas f. pl. Lithuanian: žarnos f. pl. Macedonian: црево (mk) (crévo) n. Mongolian: гэдэс (mn) (gedes) Norwegian: tarm (no) m., tarmer (no) pl. Portuguese: intestino (pt) m. Romanian: intestin (ro), maț (ro) Russian: кишка (ru) (kišká) f., кишечник (ru) (kišéčnik) m. Scottish Gaelic: caolan m., greallach f., mionach m., innidh f. Slovene: črevo (sl) n. Spanish: intestino (es), intestinos (es) m. Swedish: tarm (sv) c., inälvor (sv) pl. Thai: ลำไส้ (th) (lam sâi) Turkish: bağırsak (tr) Vietnamese: ruột (vi) Volapük: ninäm (vo) Welsh: coluddyn (cy) m.

Subdivision of the alimentary canal

Arabic: أمعاء (ar) ('am`ā') m. pl., مصير (ar) (maSīr) m. Armenian: աղիք (hy) (aġik') Catalan: intestí (ca) m., budell (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 腸管 (cmn), 肠管 (cmn) (chángguǎn), 腸 (cmn), 肠 (cmn) (cháng) Czech: střevo (cs) n. Dutch: darm (nl) m., ingewanden (nl) pl. Esperanto: intesto (eo) Finnish: suoli (fi) French: intestin (fr) m. Georgian: ნაწლავი (ka) (nats‘lavi), კუჭ-ნაწლავი (ka) (kuč‘-nats‘lavi) German: Darm (de) m., Eingeweide (de) n. Greek: έντερο (el) (éntero) n. Hebrew: מעי (he) Hungarian: bél (hu) Irish: putóg (ga) f.

Italian: intestino (it) m. Japanese: 腸管 (ja) (ちょうかん, chōkan), 腸 (ja) (ちょう, chō) Korean: 창자 (changja), (vulgar) 배알 (baeal) Latvian: zarna (lv) f. sg. Lithuanian: zarna (lt) f. sg. Macedonian: црево (mk) (crévo) n. Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: tarm (no) m., tarmer (no) pl. Romanian: intestin (ro) Russian: кишка (ru) (kišká) f., кишечник (ru) (kišéčnik) m. Scottish Gaelic: caolan m., greallach f., mionach m., innidh f. Slovene: črevo (sl) n. Spanish: intestino (es), intestinos (es) m. Swedish: tarm (sv) c., inälvor (sv) pl. Thai: ลำไส้ (th) (lam sâi) Turkish: bağırsak (tr) Vietnamese: ruột (vi) Volapük: ninäm (vo)

See also

• entrail
• innard
• colon

Etymology 2

From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).

Adjective

intestine (not comparable)

1. Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.
   • 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, p. 2:

     It being true that now after fiue yeeres intestine warre with the reuengefull implacable Indians, a firme peace (not againe easily to be broken) hath bin lately concluded [...].

   • 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch. 1,

     Yet the success of Trajan, however transient, was rapid and specious. The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms.

2. (obsolete) Internal.
   • 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.41:

     When you have alleaged all the reasons you can, and beleeved all to disavow and reject her, she produceth, contrarie to your discourses, so intestine inclination, that you have small hold against her.

Translations

• German: innere (2)

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Italian

Adjective

intestine pl.

1. feminine form of intestino

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Latin

Adjective

intestīne

1. vocative masculine singular of intestīnus