paunch

English

Etymology

Early Modern French pance (modern spelling panse), from Latin pantex.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːntʃ

Noun

paunch (plural paunches)

1. The first stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
2. The abdomen or belly of a human or animal, especially a large, protruding one.
3. (nautical) A paunch mat.

Synonyms

• (protruding belly): See also Wikisaurus:paunch.

Related terms

• paunchy

Translations

first stomach of ruminant; rumen

• Dutch: pens (nl)
• French: panse (fr) f
• German: Pansen (de) m
• Portuguese: pança (pt) f

• Russian: рубец (ru) (rubec) m
• Spanish: panza (es) f
• Swedish: våm (sv) c

large, protruding belly

• Arabic: كرش (ar) (kariš) f

  Egyptian Arabic: كرش (kerš) m

• Armenian: փոր (hy) (p’or)
• Catalan: panxa (ca) f
• Dutch: pens (nl) m, buik (nl)
• Finnish: pötsi (fi)
• French: bedaine (fr) f, panse (fr) f
• German: Wampe (de) f, Plauze (de) f, Wanst (de) m

• Portuguese: pança (pt) f
• Russian: брюхо (ru) (brjuxo) n, пузо (ru) (puzo) m
• Spanish: panza (es) f, barriga (es) f, guata (es) f
• Swedish: buk (sv) c
• Volapük: lugötöp (vo)

Verb

paunch (third-person singular simple present paunches, present participle paunching, simple past and past participle paunched)

1. To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, such as a hare or rabbit prior to eating.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 2

     (Caliban)

     Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him

     I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him,

     Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log

     Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,

     Or cut his wezand with thy knife

Translations

to remove organs of a ruminant

• Russian: потрошить (ru) (potrošitʹ)