kidney

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Kidney

[edit] Etymology

Origin uncertain.

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈkɪdni/, SAMPA: /"kIdni/

[edit] Noun

Singular
kidney

Plural
kidneys

kidney (plural kidneys)

An organ in the body that produces urine.
This organ (of an animal) cooked as food

[edit] Translations

an organ in the body

Afrikaans: nier
Arabic: كلية ar(ar) (kúlya) f.
Armenian: երիկամ hy(hy) (erikam)
Bulgarian: бъбрек bg(bg) (bǎbrek) m.
Catalan: ronyó m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 腎臟 cmn(cmn), 肾脏 cmn(cmn) (shènzàng), 腎 cmn(cmn), 肾 cmn(cmn) (shèn)
Czech: ledvina cs(cs) f.
Danish: nyre da(da)
Dutch: nier nl(nl)
Ewe: ayiku n.
Finnish: munuainen fi(fi)
French: rein fr(fr) m.
German: Niere de(de) f.
Greek: νεφρό el(el) (nefró) n., νεφρός el(el) (nefrós) m., νεφρί el(el) (nefrí) n.
Hungarian: vese hu(hu)
Indonesian: ginjal id(id)
Italian: rene it(it) m.
Japanese: 腎臓 ja(ja) (じんぞう, jinzō)

Kurdish: گورچیله‌
Latin: ren la(la) m.
Maltese: kilwa f.
Norwegian:

Bokmål: nyre no(no) m. and f.

Nynorsk: nyre nn(nn) f.
Old English: ǣdre ang(ang) f.
Persian: گرده fa(fa) (gorde)
Polish: nerka pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: rim pt(pt) m.
Russian: почка ru(ru) (póčka) f.
Scottish Gaelic: dubhag gd(gd) f.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: бубрег m.

Roman: bubreg m.
Slovak: oblička
Spanish: riñón es(es) m.
Swedish: njure sv(sv)
Tajik: гурда tg(tg) (gurda)
Turkish: böbrek tr(tr)

food

Czech: ledvinky cs(cs) f. pl.
French: rognon fr(fr) m.
Italian: rognone it(it) m.
Maltese: kilwa f.
Norwegian:

Bokmål: nyre no(no) m. and f.

Nynorsk: nyre nn(nn) f.

Polish: cynaderka f.
Russian: почки ru(ru) (póčki) pl.

[edit] Synonyms

nephros
ren

[edit] Related terms

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