innards

English

Etymology

Alteration of inwards.

Pronunciation

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Noun

innards

1. plural of innard
2. The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.
   • 1970, Geezer Butler, "Walpurgis" (older version of "War Pigs"), Black Sabbath.

     It's the place for all black sinners. / Watch them eating dead rat's innards.

3. The inner workings of something; the insides or guts.

   He took the cover off his computer and looked at the innards.

Translations

internal organs

• Bulgarian: вътрешности (bg) f pl (vǎtrešnosti)
• Finnish: sisälmykset (fi) pl (viscera); sisäelimet (fi) pl (other than viscera: liver, lungs etc.)
• French: abbats (fr) m pl
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• Greek:

  Ancient: σπλάγχνα n pl (splánkhna), ἔγκατα n pl (énkata)

inner workings

• Bulgarian: чаркове (bg) m pl (čarkove)
• Finnish: sisuskalut pl
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Usage notes

• This word is most frequently used in the plural/collective sense, as above.