intestine

English

The intestine, along with surrounding organs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛstɪn/, /ɪnˈtɛsˌtiːn/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛstaɪn/, /ˈɪntɛstaɪn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛstaɪn/
• 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

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• bowel
• gut
• tharm

Derived terms

• gastrointestinal
• intestinal
• large intestine
• small intestine

 

Translations

alimentary canal

• Afrikaans: derm (af)
• Albanian: zorrë (sq) f
• Apache:

  Western Apache: bichʼįʼ

• Arabic: مِعًى‎ m (miʿan), مَعْي‎ m (maʿy), مِعَاء‎ m (miʿāʾ), أَمْصِرَة‎ m pl (ʾamṣira), مَصِير‎ m (maṣīr), مُصْرَان‎ m pl (muṣrān), مَصَارِين‎ m pl (maṣārīn), حَشًا‎ f (ḥašan), أَحْشَاء‎ f pl (ʾaḥšāʾ)

  Egyptian Arabic: أمعاء‎ f pl (ʾamʿāʾ), مصران‎ m (muṣrān), مصارين‎ f pl (maṣarīn)

• Armenian: աղիք (hy) (ałikʿ)
• Aromanian: matsu
• Azerbaijani: bağırsaq (az)
• Bashkir: эсәк (esäk)
• Belarusian: кі́шка f (kíška), кішэ́чнік m (kišéčnik), чэ́рава n (čérava) (dated or poetic)
• Bengali: অন্ত্র (bn) (ôntr)
• Bulgarian: черво́ (bg) n (červó)
• Burmese: အူ (my) (u), ဝမ်း (my) (wam:)
• Catalan: intestí (ca) m, budell (ca) m
• Cebuano: tinai
• Chinese:

  Dungan: чонзы (čonzɨ)

  Mandarin: 腸管 (zh), 肠管 (zh) (chángguǎn), 腸子 (zh), 肠子 (zh) (chángzi), 腸 (zh), 肠 (zh) (cháng)

• Cimbrian: buarst f
• Classical Nahuatl: cuitlaxcolli
• Czech: střevo (cs) n
• Danish: tarm (da) c
• Drung: pvgyeu
• Dutch: darm (nl) m, ingewanden (nl) pl
• Esperanto: intesto
• Estonian: sool (et)
• Finnish: suolisto (fi), suolet (fi) pl
• French: intestin (fr) m, boyau (fr) m (intestine of an animal, or, informally, of a human)
• Galician: intestino (gl) m, tripa f
• Georgian: ნაწლავი (nac̣lavi), კუჭ-ნაწლავი (ḳuč̣-nac̣lavi)
• German: Darm (de) m, Eingeweide (de) n
• Greek: έντερο (el) n (éntero)

  Ancient: ἔντερον n (énteron)

• Hawaiian: naʻau
• Hebrew: מְעִי‎ (he) m (me'i)
• Hindi: अँतड़ी (hi) (ãtṛī), आँत (hi) (ā̃t), आंत (hi) (ānt)
• Hungarian: bél (hu), zsiger (hu)
• Hunsrik: Daarem m
• Icelandic: görn (is) f
• Indonesian: usus (id)
• Irish: putóg (ga) f, drólanna f pl
• Italian: intestino (it) m
• Japanese: 腸管 (ちょうかん, chōkan), 腸 (ja) (ちょう, chō)
• Kazakh: ішек (kk) (işek)
• Khmer: អន្តៈ (km) (ʼɑntaʼ)
• Korean: 창자 (ko) (changja), 창 (ko) (chang), 배알 (ko) (baeal) (vulgar)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rûvî (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: ичеги (ky) (içegi), ичек (ky) (içek)
• Lao: ລຳໃສ້ (lam sai), ໃສ້ (sai), ລຳໄສ້ (lo) (lam sai), ໄສ້ (sai)
• Latin: lactes
• Latvian: zarna f, zarnas f pl
• Lithuanian: žarnos f pl

• Low German: Darm m
• Macedonian: црево n (crevo)
• Malay: usus (ms)
• Maltese: musrana f
• Manchu: ᡩᡠᡥᠠ (duha)
• Maori: kōpiro, terotero
• Mongolian: гэдэс (mn) (gedes)
• Navajo: achʼííʼ
• Northern Sami: čoalli
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tarm (no) m, tarmer pl

  Nynorsk: tarm m, tarmar pl

• Occitan: intestin (oc) m, budèl (oc) m
• Ojibwe: (my intestine) ninagizh
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: чрѣво n (črěvo)

  Glagolitic: ⱍⱃⱑⰲⱁ n (črěvo)

• Old East Slavic: чрево n (črevo)
• Old Frisian: therm m
• Pali: anta m
• Pashto: انډاره‎ (ps) m (anḍārá)
• Persian: روده‎ (fa) (rude)
• Plautdietsch: Doarm f
• Polish: jelito (pl) n, kiszka (pl) f, trzewo n (archaic)
• Portuguese: intestino (pt) m
• Romanian: intestin (ro), maț (ro), intestine n pl
• Russian: кишка́ (ru) f (kišká), кише́чник (ru) m (kišéčnik), чре́во (ru) n (črévo) (dated or poetic)
• Sanskrit: अन्त्र (sa) (antra), गुद (sa) m (guda)
• Saterland Frisian: Tierm m, (Uutände) Täirm m
• Scottish Gaelic: caolan m, greallach f, mionach m, innidh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цре́во n, црије́во n

  Roman: crévo (sh) n, crijévo (sh) n

• Sichuan Yi: ꃶ (vu)
• Slovak: črevo (sk) n
• Slovene: črevọ̑ (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: crjowo

  Upper Sorbian: črjewo n

• Spanish: intestino (es) m, tripa (es) f
• Sundanese: peujit
• Swedish: tarm (sv) c, inälvor (sv) pl
• Tagalog: bituka
• Tajik: рӯда (rüda)
• Tatar: эчәк (tt) (eçäq)
• Thai: ลำไส้ (th) (lam-sâi), ไส้ (th) (sâi)
• Tibetan: རྒྱུ་མ (rgyu ma)
• Turkish: bağırsak (tr)
• Turkmen: içege, iç
• Ukrainian: ки́шка (uk) f (kýška), кише́чник (uk) m (kyšéčnyk), че́рево n (čérevo) (dated or poetic)
• Urdu: آنت‎ (ur) (ānt)
• Uyghur: ئۈچەي‎ (üchey)
• Uzbek: ichak (uz)
• Vietnamese: ruột (vi)
• Volapük: ninäm (vo)
• Welsh: coluddyn (cy) m
• West Frisian: term (fy) c
• Wolof: butit
• Yiddish: קישקע‎ f (kishke)
• Zulu: ithumbu 5 or 6

subdivision of the alimentary canal

• Arabic: أَمْعَاء‎ m pl (ʾamʿāʾ), مَصِير‎ m (maṣīr)
• Armenian: աղիք (hy) (ałikʿ)
• Bashkir: эсәк (esäk)
• Catalan: intestí (ca) m, budell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腸管 (zh), 肠管 (zh) (chángguǎn), 腸 (zh), 肠 (zh) (cháng)

• Czech: střevo (cs) n
• Dutch: darm (nl) m, ingewanden (nl) pl
• Esperanto: intesto
• Finnish: suoli (fi)
• French: intestin (fr) m
• Georgian: ნაწლავი (nac̣lavi), კუჭ-ნაწლავი (ḳuč̣-nac̣lavi)
• German: Darm (de) m, Eingeweide (de) n
• Greek: έντερο (el) n (éntero)
• Hebrew: מְעִי‎ (he)
• Hungarian: bél (hu)
• Irish: putóg (ga) f
• Italian: intestino (it) m
• Japanese: 腸管 (ちょうかん, chōkan), 腸 (ja) (ちょう, chō)
• Korean: 창자 (ko) (changja), (vulgar) 배알 (ko) (baeal)
• Latvian: zarna f
• Lithuanian: zarna f

• Macedonian: цре́во n (crévo)
• Mongolian: гэдэс (mn) (gedes)
• Norwegian: tarm (no) m

  Bokmål: tarmer pl

• Persian: روده‎ (fa) (rude), اندرونه‎ (fa) (andarūne)
• Polish: jelito (pl) n
• Portuguese: intestino (pt) m
• Romanian: intestin (ro)
• Russian: кишка́ (ru) f (kišká), кише́чник (ru) m (kišéčnik)
• Saterland Frisian: Tierm m, (Uutände) Täirm m
• Scottish Gaelic: caolan m, greallach f, mionach m, innidh f
• Slovene: črevo (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: crjowo

• 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)
• West Frisian: term (fy) c
• Zulu: ithumbu 5 or 6

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, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 41, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     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.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 6”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Hoping here to end / Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.

   • a. 1776, David Hume, Of the Origin of Government

     a perpetual intestine struggle […] between authority and liberty

3. (obsolete, rare) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
   • 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe

     Every thing labours under an intestine necessity.

4. (obsolete, rare) Shut up; enclosed.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowper to this entry?)

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Italian

Adjective

intestine f pl

1. feminine plural of intestino

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Latin

Adjective

intestīne

1. vocative masculine singular of intestīnus