noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌdjuːə(ʊ)ˈdiːnəm/
General-American:/ˌduəˈdinəm/
General-American:/ˌduˈɑdənəm/
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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