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innards

noun · 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

plural of innard

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The inner workings of something; the insides or guts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, plural, plural-only

Examples

  • He took the cover off his computer and looked at the innards.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • `viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: viscera, entrails

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: internal organ, viscus

History

Etymology

Alteration of inwards.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: içalat — internal organs
  • Bulgarian: вътрешности (vǎtrešnosti) — internal organs
  • Catalan: víscera — internal organs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內臟 /内脏 (nèizàng) — internal organs
  • Czech: vnitřnosti — internal organs
  • Czech: útroby — internal organs
  • Dutch: ingewanden — internal organs
  • Egyptian: m-X:t*w-F51:Z2ss (mẖtw) — internal organs
  • Finnish: sisälmykset — internal organs
  • Finnish: sisäelimet — internal organs
  • French: abats — internal organs
  • French: viscère — internal organs
  • German: Eingeweide — internal organs
  • Greek: σπλάγχνα (splánchna) — internal organs
  • Greek: σπλάχνα (spláchna) — internal organs
  • Ancient Greek: σπλάγχνα (splánkhna) — internal organs
  • Ancient Greek: ἔγκατα (énkata) — internal organs
  • Hungarian: zsigerek — internal organs
  • Icelandic: innyfli — internal organs
  • Ido: viceri — internal organs
  • Ido: viceraro — internal organs
  • Indonesian: visera — internal organs
  • Ingrian: syänriissat — internal organs
  • Irish: putóga — internal organs
  • Old Irish: inni — internal organs
  • Italian: visceri — internal organs
  • Italian: viscere — internal organs
  • Japanese: 内臓 (naizō) — internal organs
  • Japanese: 腸 (chō) — internal organs
  • Korean: 내장 (naejang) — internal organs
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງໃນ (khư̄ang nai) — internal organs
  • Māori: kāpiro — internal organs
  • Navajo: atsą́ siláí — internal organs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innvoller — internal organs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: innvolar — internal organs
  • Polish: bebechy — internal organs
  • Polish: trzewia — internal organs
  • Portuguese: víscera — internal organs
  • Russian: вну́тренности (vnútrennosti) — internal organs
  • Russian: потроха́ (potroxá) — internal organs
  • Serbo-Croatian: утроба — internal organs
  • Serbo-Croatian: дроб — internal organs
  • Serbo-Croatian: utroba — internal organs
  • Serbo-Croatian: drob — internal organs
  • Shan: ၶူင်းၼႂ်း (khúung náue) — internal organs
  • Spanish: víscera — internal organs
  • Spanish: entrañas — internal organs
  • Swedish: inälvor — internal organs
  • Swedish: inkråm — internal organs
  • Tagalog: lamanloob — internal organs
  • Thai: เครื่องใน (krʉ̂ʉang-nai) — internal organs
  • Turkish: ahşa — internal organs
  • Turkish: bağır — internal organs
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç) — internal organs
  • Ukrainian: нутрощі (nutrošči) — internal organs
  • Bulgarian: чаркове (čarkove) — inner workings
  • Finnish: sisuskalut — inner workings
  • Polish: bebechy — inner workings
  • Swedish: innanmäte — inner workings