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duodenum

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdjuːə(ʊ)ˈdiːnəm/
  • General-American: /ˌduəˈdinəm/
  • General-American: /ˌduˈɑdənəm/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D UW0 AA1 D AH0 N AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The first part of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dodecadactylum, maw-gut

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: small intestine

History

Etymology

From Medieval Latin duodēnum digitōrum (“space of twelve digits”) in reference to its length, from duodēnī (“twelve each”) + digitōrum, genitive plural of digitus (“finger; toe; digit”).

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dymbëdhjetëgishtore — first part of the small intestine
  • Southern Altai: мӧӧн (möön) — first part of the small intestine
  • Arabic: اِثْنَا عَشَرِيّ (iṯnā ʕašariyy) — first part of the small intestine
  • Arabic: عَفْج (ʕafj) — first part of the small intestine
  • Arabic: إثنا عشر (ʔesnā ʕašar) — first part of the small intestine
  • Armenian: տասներկումատնյա աղիք (tasnerkumatnya aġikʻ) — first part of the small intestine
  • Azerbaijani: onikibarmaq bağırsaq — first part of the small intestine
  • Basque: duodeno — first part of the small intestine
  • Belarusian: дванаццаціперсная кішка (dvanaccacipjersnaja kiška) — first part of the small intestine
  • Bengali: ডুওডেনাম (ḍuōḍenam) — first part of the small intestine
  • Bulgarian: дванадесетопръстник (dvanadesetoprǎstnik) — first part of the small intestine
  • Catalan: duodè — first part of the small intestine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 十二指腸 /十二指肠 (shí'èrzhǐcháng) — first part of the small intestine
  • Czech: dvanáctník — first part of the small intestine
  • Czech: dvanácterník — first part of the small intestine
  • Danish: tolvfingertarm — first part of the small intestine
  • Dhivehi: ޑުއަޑީނަމް (ḍuaḍīnam̊) — first part of the small intestine
  • Dutch: twaalfvingerige darm — first part of the small intestine
  • Dutch: duodenum — first part of the small intestine
  • Esperanto: duodeno — first part of the small intestine
  • Estonian: kaksteistsõrmiksool — first part of the small intestine
  • Finnish: pohjukaissuoli — first part of the small intestine
  • French: duodénum — first part of the small intestine
  • Galician: duodeno — first part of the small intestine
  • German: Duodenum — first part of the small intestine
  • German: Zwölffingerdarm — first part of the small intestine
  • Greek: δωδεκαδάκτυλο (dodekadáktylo) — first part of the small intestine
  • Hebrew: תריסריון (tresaryón) — first part of the small intestine
  • Hindi: ग्रहणी (grahṇī) — first part of the small intestine
  • Hungarian: patkóbél — first part of the small intestine
  • Hungarian: nyombél — first part of the small intestine
  • Icelandic: skeifugörn — first part of the small intestine
  • Ido: duodenumo — first part of the small intestine
  • Indonesian: usus dua belas jari — first part of the small intestine
  • Indonesian: duodenum — first part of the small intestine
  • Irish: dúidéineam — first part of the small intestine
  • Italian: duodeno — first part of the small intestine
  • Japanese: 十二指腸 (jūnishichō) — first part of the small intestine
  • Kazakh: он екі елі ішек (on ekı elı ışek) — first part of the small intestine
  • Korean: 십이지장 (sibijijang) — first part of the small intestine
  • Northern Kurdish: rûviya donzdeilîk — first part of the small intestine
  • Northern Kurdish: rûviya donzdegirê — first part of the small intestine
  • Latvian: divpadsmitpirkstu zarna — first part of the small intestine
  • Lithuanian: dvylikapirštė žarna — first part of the small intestine
  • Macedonian: дванаесетпалечно црево (dvanaesetpalečno crevo) — first part of the small intestine
  • Māori: pohokauiti — first part of the small intestine
  • Māori: kōpiroiti — first part of the small intestine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tolvfingertarm — first part of the small intestine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tolvfingertarm — first part of the small intestine
  • Persian: دوازدهه (davâzdahe) — first part of the small intestine
  • Polish: dwunastnica — first part of the small intestine
  • Portuguese: duodeno — first part of the small intestine
  • Romanian: duoden — first part of the small intestine
  • Russian: двенадцатипе́рстная кишка́ (dvenadcatipérstnaja kišká) — first part of the small intestine
  • Slovak: dvanástnik — first part of the small intestine
  • Slovene: dvanajstnik — first part of the small intestine
  • Spanish: duodeno — first part of the small intestine
  • Swedish: tolvfingertarm — first part of the small intestine
  • Swedish: duodenum — first part of the small intestine
  • Tagalog: punong-isaw — first part of the small intestine
  • Tagalog: tokong — first part of the small intestine
  • Thai: ลําไส้เล็กส่วนต้น — first part of the small intestine
  • Turkish: oniki-parmak bağırsağı — first part of the small intestine
  • Turkish: oniki parmak bağırsağı — first part of the small intestine
  • Ukrainian: дванадцятипала кишка (dvanadcjatypala kyška) — first part of the small intestine
  • Uzbek: oʻn ikki barmoq ichak — first part of the small intestine
  • Vietnamese: tá tràng — first part of the small intestine
  • Volapük: duoden — first part of the small intestine
  • Welsh: dwodenwm — first part of the small intestine