paunch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from , Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paunch (plural paunches)

1. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
2. The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.
3. (nautical) A paunch mat.
4. 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

• Dutch: pens (nl)
• Finnish: pötsi (fi)
• French: panse (fr) f
• German: Pansen (de) m
• Greek: κοιλιά (el) f (koiliá)
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• Italian: pancia (it) f, rumine (it) m
• Portuguese: pança (pt) f
• Russian: рубе́ц (ru) m (rubéc)
• Spanish: panza (es) f
• Swedish: våm (sv) c

large, protruding belly

• Arabic: كَرِش f (kariš)

  Egyptian Arabic: كرش m (kerš)

• Armenian: փոր (hy) (pʻor)
• Catalan: panxa (ca) f, (coloquial) butza (ca) f
• Dutch: pens (nl) m, buik (nl)
• Finnish: pötsi (fi)
• French: bedaine (fr) f, panse (fr) f
• Georgian: ღიპი (ɣiṗi)
• German: Wampe (de) f, Plauze (de) f, Wanst (de) m
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 f (wamba)
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• Greek: προκοίλι (el) n (prokoíli)
• Irish: maróg f, blonag (ga) f
• Italian: pancia (it) f, pancione (it) m, buzzo m, trippa (it) f
• Portuguese: pança (pt) f
• 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
• Volapük: lugötöp

Verb

1. To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, 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

• Finnish: suolistaa (fi)
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• Russian: потроши́ть (ru) (potrošítʹ)