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entrail

noun · verb · 4 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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  • /ˈɛn.tɹeɪl/
  • /ˈɛn.tɹəl/
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 N T R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

singular of entrails; an internal organ of an animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, singular, usually

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Entanglement; fold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To interweave or bind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 1598, William Cecil, letter to his son, reprinted in Annals of the reformation and establishment of religion, 1824, by John Strype, page 479, Trust not any with thy life, credit, or estate: for it is mere folly for a man to entrail himself to his friend; as though, occasion being offered, he shall not dare to become his enemy.

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To outline in black.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

Examples

  • A cross entrailed.

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History

Etymology

From Middle English entraille, from Old French entraille (compare modern French entrailles), from Late Latin intrālia, modification of Latin intrānea, contraction of interāneum (“gut, intestine”), substantive of interāneus (“internal, inward”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English trail English entrail From en- + trail.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 內臟 /内脏 (nèizàng) — an internal organ of an animal
  • Czech: vnitřnosti — an internal organ of an animal
  • German: Gehüdel — an internal organ of an animal
  • Hebrew: קֶרֶב (qérev) — an internal organ of an animal
  • Hungarian: zsiger — an internal organ of an animal
  • Japanese: 内臓 (naizō) — an internal organ of an animal
  • Persian: اندرونه (andarune) — an internal organ of an animal
  • Portuguese: entranha — an internal organ of an animal
  • Russian: вну́тренности (vnútrennosti) — an internal organ of an animal
  • Sanskrit: अन्त्र (antra) — an internal organ of an animal
  • Sanskrit: गुद (guda) — an internal organ of an animal
  • Spanish: entraña — an internal organ of an animal
  • Telugu: పేగు (pēgu) — an internal organ of an animal