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intestine¹

  • /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/
  • /ɪnˈtɛsˌtiːn/
  • /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/ Canada
  • /ɪnˈtɛs.taɪn/ Canada
  • /ˈɪn.tɛs.taɪn/ Canada
  • /ɪnˈtɛs.taɪn/ Australia
  • /ˈɪn.tɛs.tɪn/ Philippines

Rhymes with -ɛstɪn

Where it comes from

From Latin intestīnum, neuter of intestīnus (“internal”), as Etymology 2, below.

noun intestines

  1. 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.

Similar: bowel, gut, tharm

intestine²

  • /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/
  • /ɪnˈtɛsˌtiːn/
  • /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/ Canada
  • /ɪnˈtɛs.taɪn/ Canada
  • /ˈɪn.tɛs.taɪn/ Canada
  • /ɪnˈtɛs.taɪn/ Australia
  • /ˈɪn.tɛs.tɪn/ Philippines

Rhymes with -ɛstɪn

Where it comes from

From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).

adjective

  1. not comparable, obsolete Domestic; taking place within a given country or region. Hoping here to end / Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.
  2. not comparable, obsolete Internal. a perpetual intestine struggle[…]between authority and liberty
  3. not comparable, obsolete, rare Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective. 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.
  4. not comparable, obsolete, rare Shut up; enclosed. No thunders shook with deep intestine sound The blooming groves that girdled her around.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gut, bowel, midgut, intestinal, rectal, hail, small, internecine, colon, broils, bowels, guts, duodenum, large intestine, small intestine, digestive tract

noun

Similar: bowel, gut, tharm

Translations

Every language

noun alimentary canal

Españolintestinos, tripa
한국어창자 changja, 창 chang, 배알 baeal
日本語腸管 chōkan, 腸 chō
中文腸管 /肠管 chángguǎn, 腸子 /肠子 chángzi, 腸 /肠 cháng
हिन्दीअँतड़ी ãtṛī, आँत ā̃t, आंत ānt
Portuguêsintestino
Françaisintestin, boyau
DeutschDarm, Eingeweide
Italianointestino
Ελληνικάέντερο éntero
Românăintestin, maț, intestine
Русскийкишка́ kišká, кише́чник kišéčnik, чре́во črévo
Tiếng Việtruột
العربيةمِعًى miʕan, مَعْي maʕy, مِعَاء miʕāʔ, أَمْصِرَة ʔamṣira, مَصِير maṣīr, مُصْرَان muṣrān
עבריתמְעִי me'i

noun subdivision of the alimentary canal

Españolintestino
한국어창자 changja, 배알 baeal
日本語腸管 chōkan, 腸 chō
中文腸管 /肠管 chángguǎn, 腸 /肠 cháng
हिन्दीआँत ā̃t, आंत ānt
Portuguêsintestino
Françaisintestin
DeutschDarm, Eingeweide
Italianointestino
Ελληνικάέντερο éntero
Românăintestin
Русскийкишка́ kišká, кише́чник kišéčnik
Tiếng Việtruột
العربيةأَمْعَاء ʔamʕāʔ, مَصِير maṣīr
עבריתמְעִי

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@misc{intestine_2026,
  title = {intestine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intestine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}