Standard Lemma guide

chitterlings

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈt͡ʃɪt.ɚ.lɪŋz/
  • US: [ˈt͡ʃɪɾɚlɪŋz]
  • US: /ˈt͡ʃɪt.lɪnz/
  • [ˈtʃɪt.lɪnz] African-American Vernacular
  • [tʃɪːlɪnz] African-American Vernacular
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  • CMU ARPABET: CH IH1 T ER0 L IH0 NG Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of chitterling

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

small intestines of hogs prepared as food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chitlins, chitlings

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: variety meat, organs

History

Etymology

From Middle English cheterlingis, chitterling, chitterlynge, chytyrlynge, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kūtiz, *kut-, from Proto-Indo-European *gud-, *gewd- (“intestine, gut”), from *gwu-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, bow, camber, vault, distend”). Compare Middle Low German kǖtel (“entrails, tripe”), German Kutteln (“tripe”) and Scots kyte (“belly, stomach”). Compare also Icelandic kviður (“stomach”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: чревца (črevca) — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • French: tripes de porc — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • German: Innereien — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Hungarian: sertésbelsőség — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Hungarian: belsőség — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Italian: frattaglie — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Latin: lactēs — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Neapolitan: capeto — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Serbo-Croatian: svinjski rajžlec — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Serbo-Croatian: svinjska crevca — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: gallinejas — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: chunchules — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: chunchullo — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: chinchulín — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: chinchurria — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: chunchurria — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: choncholí — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: chunchulí — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: chunchuli — small pig intestine, boiled and fried
  • Spanish: chunchulín — small pig intestine, boiled and fried