offal

English

Etymology

From Middle English offal (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), possibly from Old Norse affall (“offal”), or from Middle English of- +‎ fal(l), equivalent to off- +‎ fall. Cognate with Danish affald (“waste, refuse”), Swedish avfall (“waste, refuse”), Dutch afval (“waste, refuse”), German Abfall (“waste, refuse”), Old English offeallan (“to cut off”). More at off, fall.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɒf.əl/, X-SAMPA: /"Qf.@l/
  • Rhymes: -ɒfəl
• (US) IPA: /ˈɔf.əl/, X-SAMPA: /"Of.@l/
  • Rhymes: -ɒfəl
  • Homophone: awful (some US pronunciations)

Noun

offal (uncountable)

1. The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
2. The internal organs of an animal other than a bird, these organs being used as food.
3. A dead body.
4. Carrion.
5. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.

Derived terms

• offalist

Translations

rejected parts of an animal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內臟 (cmn), 内脏 (cmn) (nèizàng)

• Dutch: slachtafval (nl)
• French: abats (fr) m pl

• Greek: απορρίματα (el) (aporrímata) n pl
• Norwegian Bokmål: slakteavfall (nb) n
• Russian: потроха (ru) (potroxá) m pl, требуха (ru) (trebuxá) f

animal's organs as food

• Dutch: orgaanvlees (nl)
• French: abats (fr) m pl
• German: Innereien (de) pl
• Greek: εντόσθια (el) (entósthia) n pl
• Italian: frattaglie (it) f pl

• Japanese: 臓物 (ja) (ぞうもつ, zōmotsu), もつ (ja) (motsu)
• Polish podroby (pl) pl
• Russian: потроха (ru) (potroxá) m pl, требуха (ru) (trebuxá) f
• Swedish: inkråm (sv) n, inälvor (sv) pl
• Turkish: sakatat (tr)

a dead body

• Dutch: lijk (nl), kreng (nl)
• French: corps (fr) m, cadavre (fr) m
• German: Leiche (de) f
• Greek: πτώμα (el) (ptóma) n, κουφάρι (el) (koufári) n
• Italian: corpo (it) m, cadavere (it) m

• Norwegian Bokmål: lik (nb) n, kadaver (nb) n
• Portuguese: cadáver (pt) m
• Russian: (animal) падаль (ru) (pádal’) f
• Spanish: cadáver (es) m
• Swedish: lik (sv), kadaver (sv)

carrion

• Czech: mršina (cs) f
• Dutch: aas (nl)
• French: charogne (fr) f

• Greek: ψοφίμι (el) (psofími) n
• Italian: carogna (it) f

refuse

• Dutch: afval (nl), vuilnis (nl)
• French: déchets (fr) m pl, détritus (fr) m pl
• German: Abfall (de) m
• Greek: απορρίματα (el) (aporrímata) n pl

• Italian: rifiuti (it) m pl
• Norwegian Bokmål: avfall (nb) n
• Russian: отбросы (ru) (otbrósy) m pl

See also

• giblets