bowel
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bowel
- /ˈbaʊ.əl/
- /baʊl/
Rhymes with -aʊəl, -aʊl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.
noun bowels
- A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
- The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach. And when he was hanged, brast asondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out.
- The (deep) interior of something. The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship.
- The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy. Thou thing of no bowels, thou!
- offspring Friend hast thou none, / For thine own bowels, which do call thee sire,
verb bowels · boweling · bowelling · boweled · bowelled
- To disembowel. Their bodies are first bowelled, then dried upon hurdles till they be very dry [...].
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gut, intestine, colonic, intestinal, midgut, stomach, rectal, gallbladder, gall, colic, vesicle, parasitism, transit, colon, chronic, settler
Translations
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noun large intestine
| Español | intestino grueso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대장 daejang, 큰창자 keunchangja |
| 日本語 | 大腸 daichō |
| 中文 | 大腸 /大肠 dàcháng |
| हिन्दी | बृहदान्त्र bŕhdāntra |
| Português | intestino grosso |
| Français | gros intestin |
| Deutsch | Dickdarm |
| Italiano | intestino crasso |
| Ελληνικά | παχύ έντερο pachý éntero |
| Română | intestin gros |
| Русский | то́лстая кишка́ tólstaja kišká |
| Tiếng Việt | ruột già, đại tràng |
| العربية | أَمْعَاء غَلِيظَة ʔamʕāʔ ḡalīẓa |
| עברית | מְעִי m'í |
noun intestines, entrails
| Español | tripa, intestino, entraña |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 창자 changja, 배알 baeal |
| 日本語 | 腸 chō |
| 中文 | 腸 /肠 cháng |
| Português | intestino, entranha |
| Français | boyaux |
| Deutsch | Darm |
| Italiano | budella, viscere, intestino |
| Ελληνικά | σπλάχνα spláchna, έντερο éntero |
| Русский | вну́тренности vnútrennosti |
noun interior of something
| Español | entrañas |
|---|---|
| Português | entranhas |
| Français | entrailles |
| Deutsch | Inneres, Eingeweide, Bauch |
| Italiano | interiora |
| Ελληνικά | έγκατα égkata, μύχια mýchia, σπλάχνα spláchna |
| Română | pântec, pântece, sân |
| עברית | קֶרֶב kérev, קְרָבַיִם \ קרביים kraváyim |
noun seat of pity or gentler emotions
| Español | vísceras, entrañas |
|---|---|
| Português | entranhas |
| Français | entrailles |
| Ελληνικά | σπλάχνα spláchna |
Talk about this word "bowel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bowel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bowel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bowel "bowel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bowel.Cite this
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title = {bowel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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