paunch

English

Etymology

From Middle English paunche, from Old Northern French panche, Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔːnt͡ʃ/

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• (some accents) IPA^(key): /pɑːntʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːntʃ, -ɑːntʃ

Noun

paunch (plural paunches)

1. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
2. The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.
3. The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.

   Since retiring from athletics, he has developed a paunch.

4. (nautical) A paunch mat.
5. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• paunce
• paunchy

Translations

first stomach of ruminant; rumen

• Bulgarian: търбух (bg) m (tǎrbuh)
• Dutch: pens (nl)
• Finnish: pötsi (fi)
• French: panse (fr) f
• German: Pansen (de) m
• Greek: κοιλιά (el) f (koiliá)
• Hungarian: bendő (hu)
• Irish: méadail mhór f
• Italian: pancia (it) f, rumine (it) m
• Portuguese: pança (pt) f
• Romanian: rumen (ro) n, ierbar (ro) n, burduhan (ro) n, burduf (ro) n
• Russian: рубе́ц (ru) m (rubéc)
• Spanish: panza (es) f
• Swedish: våm (sv) c
• Ukrainian: рубець (uk) m (rubecʹ)

large, protruding belly

• Arabic: كَرِش‎ f (kariš)

  Egyptian Arabic: كرش‎ m (kerš)

• Armenian: փոր (hy) (pʿor)
• Bulgarian: шкембе (bg) n (škembe)
• Catalan: panxa (ca) f, (coloquial) butza (ca) f
• Czech: pupek (cs) m, panděro (cs) n
• Danish: vom c, bug c
• Dutch: pens (nl) m, buik (nl)
• Finnish: pötsi (fi)
• French: bedaine (fr) f, panse (fr) f
• Galician: bandullo (gl) m, andorga f, panza f, barriga (gl) f
• Georgian: ღიპი (ɣiṗi)
• German: Wampe (de) f, Plauze (de) f, Wanst (de) m
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 f (wamba)
• Greek: προκοίλι (el) n (prokoíli)
• Hungarian: has (hu), pocak (hu)
• Irish: maróg f, blonag (ga) f
• Italian: pancia (it) f, pancione (it) m, buzzo m, trippa (it) f
• Middle English: paunche
• Polish: bebech (pl) m
• Portuguese: pança (pt) f
• Romanian: burduhan (ro) n, burdihan (ro) n, pântec (ro) n, pântece (ro) n
• Russian: брю́хо (ru) n (brjúxo), пу́зо (ru) m (púzo)
• Spanish: panza (es) f, barriga (es) f, guata (es) f
• Swedish: buk (sv) c
• Tagalog: buyon
• Ukrainian: пузо (uk) n (puzo), черевце (uk) n (čerevce)
• Volapük: lugötöp

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, prior to eating.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     (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

• Bulgarian: изтърбушвам (bg) (iztǎrbušvam)
• Finnish: suolistaa (fi)
• Romanian: eviscera (ro)
• Russian: потроши́ть (ru) (potrošítʹ)

Middle English

Noun

paunch

1. Alternative form of paunche