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chyme

noun · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kaɪm/
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  • rhymes with -aɪm

1

noun

Meaning 1

The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: food, nutrient

History

Etymology

From Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice”).

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: spysbry — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Arabic: كَيْمُوس (kaymūs) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Basque: kimo — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Belarusian: хімус (ximus) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Bengali: পাকমণ্ড (pakmonḍo) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Bulgarian: химус (himus) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Catalan: quim — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Chinese Cantonese: 食糜 (sik6 mei4) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 食糜 (shímí) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Czech: trávenina — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Dutch: spijsbrij — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Esperanto: ĥimo — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Finnish: ruokasula — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • French: chyme — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Galician: quimo — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • German: Chymus — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Haitian Creole: chim — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Hungarian: gyomortartalom — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Hungarian: ételpép — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Hungarian: gyomorpép — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Hungarian: bélbennék — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Icelandic: fæðumauk — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Ido: chimo — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Indonesian: kimus — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Italian: chimo — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Japanese: 糜粥 (bijaku) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Kazakh: химус (ximus) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Korean: 유미즙 (yumijeup) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Northern Kurdish: kîmos — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Latvian: hīms — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Malay: kim — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Persian: کیموس (kimus) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Polish: chymus — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Polish: chym — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Portuguese: quimo — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Russian: хи́мус (xímus) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Spanish: quimo — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Swedish: kymus — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Tagalog: kimo — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Ukrainian: хі́мус (xímus) — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Vietnamese: nhũ chấp — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • Welsh: treulfwyd — partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum