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intestinal

adj · 3 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: /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɛsˈtaɪ.nəl/
  • Canada, US: /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ɪnˈtes.tɪ.nəl/
  • rhymes with -ɪnəl
  • rhymes with -aɪnəl
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 N T EH1 S T AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the intestines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • intestinal problems

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Internal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or inside the intestines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • intestinal disease

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enteric, enteral

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin intestīnālis. By surface analysis, intestine + -al.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَعَوِيّ (maʕawiyy) — relating to the intestines
  • Belarusian: кішо́чны (kišóčny) — relating to the intestines
  • Belarusian: кі́шачны (kíšačny) — relating to the intestines
  • Bulgarian: чре́вен (čréven) — relating to the intestines
  • Catalan: intestinal — relating to the intestines
  • Czech: střevní — relating to the intestines
  • Esperanto: intesta — relating to the intestines
  • Finnish: suolisto- — relating to the intestines
  • French: intestinal — relating to the intestines
  • Galician: intestinal — relating to the intestines
  • German: Darm- — relating to the intestines
  • German: intestinal — relating to the intestines
  • Italian: intestinale — relating to the intestines
  • Central Kurdish: ڕیخۆڵەیی (rrîxolleyî) — relating to the intestines
  • Macedonian: цревен (creven) — relating to the intestines
  • Church Slavic: чрѣвенъ (črěvenŭ) — relating to the intestines
  • Persian: رودوی (rudavi) — relating to the intestines
  • Polish: jelitowy — relating to the intestines
  • Polish: kiszkowy — relating to the intestines
  • Polish: trzewiowy — relating to the intestines
  • Polish: trzewny — relating to the intestines
  • Portuguese: intestinal — relating to the intestines
  • Russian: кише́чный (kišéčnyj) — relating to the intestines
  • Serbo-Croatian: цре̑внӣ — relating to the intestines
  • Serbo-Croatian: црије̑внӣ — relating to the intestines
  • Serbo-Croatian: crȇvnī — relating to the intestines
  • Serbo-Croatian: crijȇvnī — relating to the intestines
  • Slovak: črevný — relating to the intestines
  • Slovene: črevesen — relating to the intestines
  • Spanish: intestinal — relating to the intestines
  • Spanish: entérico — relating to the intestines
  • Spanish: enteral — relating to the intestines
  • Ukrainian: кишкови́й (kyškovýj) — relating to the intestines
  • Volapük: ninämik — relating to the intestines
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