English [ edit ] Wikipedia
The intestine, along with surrounding organs
Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] From Latin intestīnum intestīnus “ internal ” ), as Etymology 2, below.
intestine (plural intestines
( anatomy , often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs .One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
alimentary canal
Afrikaans: derm
Albanian: zorrë (sq) f
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
Azeri: bağırsaq (az)
Bashkir: эсәк esäk )
Belarusian: кі́шка f kíška ), кішэ́чнік m kišéčnik ), чэ́рава n čérava ) ( dated or poetic )
Bengali: অন্ত্র (bn) (ôntrô )
Bulgarian: черво (bg) (červo )
Burmese: အူ (my) (u )
Catalan: intestí (ca) m budell (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腸管 (zh) , 肠管 (zh) (chángguǎn ), 腸子 (zh) , 肠子 (zh) (chángzi ), 腸 (zh) , 肠 (zh) (cháng )
Czech: střevo (cs) n
Danish: tarm (da) c
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
Georgian: ნაწლავი nac̣lavi ), კუჭ-ნაწლავი ḳuč̣-nac̣lavi )
German: Darm (de) m Eingeweide (de) n
Greek: έντερο (el) n éntero )
Hawaiian: naʻau
Hebrew: מְעִי (he) m me'i )
Hindi: अँतड़ी (hi) (ãtṛī ), आँत (hi) (ā̃t ), आंत (hi) (ānt )
Hungarian: bél (hu) , zsiger (hu)
Icelandic: görn (is) f
Indonesian: usus (id)
Irish: putóg (ga) f
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) (ʔɑntaʔ ), អន្ត (km) (ʔɑntaʔ )
Korean: 창자 (ko) (changja ), 창 (ko) (chang ), 배알 (ko) (baeal ) ( vulgar )
Kyrgyz: ичеги (ky) (içegi ), ичек (ky) (içek )
Lao: ລໍາໄສ້ lam sai ), ໃສ້ sai )
Latin: lactes
Latvian: zarna (lv) f zarnas f pl
Lithuanian: žarnos f pl
Macedonian: цре́во n crévo )
Malay: usus
Maltese: musrana f
Maori: kōpiro
Mongolian: гэдэс (mn) (gedes )
Navajo: achʼííʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tarm m tarmer pl
Nynorsk: tarm m tarmar pl
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: чрѣво n črěvo )
Glagolitic: ⱍⱃⱑⰲⱁ n črěvo )
Old East Slavic: чрево n črevo )
Persian: روده (fa) (rude )
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 )
Scottish Gaelic: caolan m greallach f mionach m innidh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: црево n цријево n
Roman: crevo (sh) n crijevo (sh) n
Slovak: črevo (sk) n
Slovene: črevo (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
Tajik: рӯда rüda )
Tatar: эчәк (tt) (eçäk )
Thai: ลำไส้ (th) (lam sâi ), ไส้ (th) (sâi )
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 )
Uzbek: ichak (uz)
Vietnamese: ruột (vi) , tràng (vi)
Volapük: ninäm (vo)
Welsh: coluddyn m
Yiddish: קישקע f kishke )
Zulu: ithumbu class 5 /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 )
See also [ edit ] Etymology 2 [ edit ] From Latin intestīnus “ internal ” ), from intus “ within ” ).
Adjective [ edit ] intestine (not comparable )
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.
( obsolete ) Internal .
1603 , John Florio , translating Michel de Montaigne , Essayes 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.
Milton
Hoping here to end / Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.
Hume
an intestine struggle [ …] between authority and liberty
( obsolete , rare) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective .
Cudworth
Everything labours under an intestine necessity.
( obsolete , rare) Shut up; enclosed.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Cowper to this entry?)
Italian [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] intestine f pl
feminine plural of intestino
Adjective [ edit ] intestīne
vocative masculine singular of intestīnus
