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intestine

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/
  • /ɪnˈtɛsˌtiːn/
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  • Canada: /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/
  • Canada: /ɪnˈtɛs.taɪn/
  • Canada: /ˈɪn.tɛs.taɪn/
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  • Australian: /ɪnˈtɛs.taɪn/
  • Philippines: /ˈɪn.tɛs.tɪn/
  • rhymes with -ɛstɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T EH1 S T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Internal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, rare

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Shut up; enclosed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, rare

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: often pluralized

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bowel, gut

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: internal organ, viscus

Narrower terms: small intestine, large intestine

History

Etymology

From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).

From Latin intestīnum, neuter of intestīnus (“internal”), as Etymology 2, below.

Across languages

Translations

289 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: derm — alimentary canal
  • Albanian: zorrë — alimentary canal
  • Chungli Ao: tar — alimentary canal
  • Western Apache: bichʼįʼ — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: مِعًى (miʕan) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: مَعْي (maʕy) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: مِعَاء (miʕāʔ) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: أَمْصِرَة (ʔamṣira) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: مَصِير (maṣīr) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: مُصْرَان (muṣrān) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: مَصَارِين (maṣārīn) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: حَشًا (ḥašan) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: أَحْشَاء (ʔaḥšāʔ) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: أمعاء (ʔamʕāʔ) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: مصران (muṣrān) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: مصارين (maṣarīn) — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: امعاء (amʕāʔ) — alimentary canal
  • Aragonese: zago — alimentary canal
  • Armenian: աղիք (aġikʻ) — alimentary canal
  • Aromanian: matsu — alimentary canal
  • Asturian: estantín — alimentary canal
  • Azerbaijani: bağırsaq — alimentary canal
  • Bangi: moncobo — alimentary canal
  • Bashkir: эсәк (esək) — alimentary canal
  • Belarusian: кі́шка (kíška) — alimentary canal
  • Belarusian: кішэ́чнік (kišéčnik) — alimentary canal
  • Belarusian: чэ́рава (čérava) — alimentary canal
  • Bengali: অন্ত্র (ontro) — alimentary canal
  • Bhojpuri: आंत (ānt) — alimentary canal
  • Central Bikol: bituka — alimentary canal
  • Bulgarian: черво́ (červó) — alimentary canal
  • Burmese: အူ (u) — alimentary canal
  • Burmese: ဝမ်း (wam:) — alimentary canal
  • Catalan: intestí — alimentary canal
  • Catalan: budell — alimentary canal
  • Cebuano: tinai — alimentary canal
  • Chinese Cantonese: 腸管 /肠管 (coeng4 gun2) — alimentary canal
  • Chinese Cantonese: 腸子 /肠子 (coeng4 zi2) — alimentary canal
  • Chinese: чонзы (čonzɨ) — alimentary canal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腸管 /肠管 (chángguǎn) — alimentary canal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腸子 /肠子 (chángzi) — alimentary canal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腸 /肠 (cháng) — alimentary canal
  • Cimbrian: buarst — alimentary canal
  • Czech: střevo — alimentary canal
  • Danish: tarm — alimentary canal
  • Drung: pvgyeu — alimentary canal
  • Dutch: darm — alimentary canal
  • Dutch: ingewanden — alimentary canal
  • Erzya: сюло (śulo) — alimentary canal
  • Esperanto: intestaro — alimentary canal
  • Estonian: sool — alimentary canal
  • Finnish: suolisto — alimentary canal
  • Finnish: suolet — alimentary canal
  • French: intestin — alimentary canal
  • French: boyau — alimentary canal
  • Old Frisian: therm — alimentary canal
  • Saterland Frisian: Tierm — alimentary canal
  • Saterland Frisian: Täirm — alimentary canal
  • West-Frisian: term — alimentary canal
  • Galician: intestino — alimentary canal
  • Galician: tripa — alimentary canal
  • Georgian: ნაწლავი (nac̣lavi) — alimentary canal
  • Georgian: კუჭ-ნაწლავი (ḳuč̣-nac̣lavi) — alimentary canal
  • German: Darm — alimentary canal
  • German: Eingeweide — alimentary canal
  • Greek: έντερο (éntero) — alimentary canal
  • Ancient Greek: ἔντερον (énteron) — alimentary canal
  • Gujarati: આંતરડું (āntarḍũ) — alimentary canal
  • Hawaiian: naʻau — alimentary canal
  • Hebrew: מְעִי (me'i) — alimentary canal
  • Higaonon: bituka — alimentary canal
  • Hindi: अँतड़ी (ãtṛī) — alimentary canal
  • Hindi: आँत (ā̃t) — alimentary canal
  • Hindi: आंत (ānt) — alimentary canal
  • Hungarian: bél — alimentary canal
  • Hungarian: zsiger — alimentary canal
  • Hunsrik: Daarem — alimentary canal
  • Icelandic: görn — alimentary canal
  • Indonesian: usus — alimentary canal
  • Irish: putóg — alimentary canal
  • Irish: drólanna — alimentary canal
  • Italian: intestino — alimentary canal
  • Japanese: 腸管 (chōkan) — alimentary canal
  • Japanese: 腸 (chō) — alimentary canal
  • Javanese: usus — alimentary canal
  • Kapampangan: bituka — alimentary canal
  • Kazakh: ішек (ışek) — alimentary canal
  • Khmer: ពោះវៀន (pŭəh viən) — alimentary canal
  • Khmer: អន្តៈ (ʼɑɑʼɑntaʼ) — alimentary canal
  • Kongo: midia — alimentary canal
  • Korean: 창자 (changja) — alimentary canal
  • Korean: 창 (chang) — alimentary canal
  • Korean: 배알 (baeal) — alimentary canal
  • Central Kurdish: ڕیخۆڵە (rîxolle) — alimentary canal
  • Northern Kurdish: rûvî — alimentary canal
  • Kyrgyz: ичеги (icegi) — alimentary canal
  • Kyrgyz: ичек (icek) — alimentary canal
  • Lao: ລໍາໃສ້ (lam sai) — alimentary canal
  • Lao: ໃສ້ (sai) — alimentary canal
  • Lao: ລໍາໄສ້ (lam sai) — alimentary canal
  • Lao: ໄສ້ (sai) — alimentary canal
  • Latin: lactēs — alimentary canal
  • Latvian: zarna — alimentary canal
  • Latvian: zarnas — alimentary canal
  • Laz: მჭუ (mç̌u) — alimentary canal
  • Lezgi: рад (rad) — alimentary canal
  • Lingala: monsopo — alimentary canal
  • Lithuanian: žarnos — alimentary canal
  • Low German: Darm — alimentary canal
  • : ᦺᦉᧉ (ṡay2) — alimentary canal
  • Macedonian: црево (crevo) — alimentary canal
  • Maguindanao: tinay — alimentary canal
  • Malagasy: tsinay — alimentary canal
  • Malay: usus — alimentary canal
  • Malayalam: കുടൽ (kuṭal) — alimentary canal
  • Maltese: musrana — alimentary canal
  • Manchu: ᡩᡠᡥᠠ (duha) — alimentary canal
  • Mansaka: tinai — alimentary canal
  • Māori: ngākau — alimentary canal
  • Māori: kōpiro — alimentary canal
  • Māori: piro — alimentary canal
  • Māori: piropiro terotero — alimentary canal
  • Maranao: tina'i — alimentary canal
  • Mazanderani: ریه (riye) — alimentary canal
  • Mingrelian: ჭჷ (č̣ə) — alimentary canal
  • Moksha: сюла (śula) — alimentary canal
  • Mongolian: гэдэс (gedes) — alimentary canal
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠳᠡᠰᠦ (gedesü) — alimentary canal
  • Classical Nahuatl: cuitlaxcolli — alimentary canal
  • Nanai: пухин (puhin) — alimentary canal
  • Navajo: achʼííʼ — alimentary canal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tarm — alimentary canal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tarmer — alimentary canal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tarm — alimentary canal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tarmar — alimentary canal
  • Nuosu: ꃶ (vu) — alimentary canal
  • Occitan: intestin — alimentary canal
  • Occitan: budèl — alimentary canal
  • Ojibwe: ninagizh — alimentary canal
  • Church Slavic: чрѣво (črěvo) — alimentary canal
  • Church Slavic: ⱍⱃⱑⰲⱁ (črěvo) — alimentary canal
  • Old East Slavic: чрево (črevo) — alimentary canal
  • Old English: þearm — alimentary canal
  • Oromo: xeerii — alimentary canal
  • Pali: anta — alimentary canal
  • Pashto: انډاره (anḍārá) — alimentary canal
  • Iranian Persian: رودِه (rude) — alimentary canal
  • Plautdietsch: Doarm — alimentary canal
  • Polish: jelito — alimentary canal
  • Polish: kiszka — alimentary canal
  • Polish: trzewo — alimentary canal
  • Portuguese: intestino — alimentary canal
  • Punjabi: ਆਂਦਰ (āndar) — alimentary canal
  • Punjabi: آنْدَر (āndar) — alimentary canal
  • Romanian: intestin — alimentary canal
  • Romanian: maț — alimentary canal
  • Romanian: intestine — alimentary canal
  • Romansh: begl — alimentary canal
  • Russian: кишка́ (kišká) — alimentary canal
  • Russian: кише́чник (kišéčnik) — alimentary canal
  • Russian: чре́во (črévo) — alimentary canal
  • Northern Sami: čoalli — alimentary canal
  • Sanskrit: अन्त्र (antra) — alimentary canal
  • Sanskrit: गुद (guda) — alimentary canal
  • Savosavo: boli — alimentary canal
  • Scottish Gaelic: caolan — alimentary canal
  • Scottish Gaelic: greallach — alimentary canal
  • Scottish Gaelic: mionach — alimentary canal
  • Scottish Gaelic: innidh — alimentary canal
  • Serbo-Croatian: цре́во — alimentary canal
  • Serbo-Croatian: црије́во — alimentary canal
  • Serbo-Croatian: crévo — alimentary canal
  • Serbo-Croatian: crijévo — alimentary canal
  • Shan: သႆႈ (sāi) — alimentary canal
  • Sicilian: ntistinu — alimentary canal
  • Sicilian: vudeḍḍu — alimentary canal
  • Sindhi: آنڊو (ā̃ḍo) — alimentary canal
  • Slovak: črevo — alimentary canal
  • Slovene: črevọ̑ — alimentary canal
  • Lower Sorbian: crjowo — alimentary canal
  • Upper Sorbian: črjewo — alimentary canal
  • Spanish: intestino — alimentary canal
  • Spanish: tripa — alimentary canal
  • Spanish: mondongo — alimentary canal
  • Sundanese: peujit — alimentary canal
  • Svan: ჭინჭილ (č̣inč̣il) — alimentary canal
  • Swedish: tarm — alimentary canal
  • Swedish: inälvor — alimentary canal
  • Tagalog: bituka — alimentary canal
  • Tajik: рӯда (rüda) — alimentary canal
  • Tamil: குடல் (kuṭal) — alimentary canal
  • Tarifit: adan — alimentary canal
  • Tarifit: bururu — alimentary canal
  • Tatar: эчәк (eçäk) — alimentary canal
  • Tewa: see — alimentary canal
  • Thai: ลําไส้ (lam-sâi) — alimentary canal
  • Thai: ไส้ (sâi) — alimentary canal
  • Tibetan: རྒྱུ་མ (rgyu ma) — alimentary canal
  • Tigrinya: መዓንጣ (mäʿanṭa) — alimentary canal
  • Turkish: bağırsak — alimentary canal
  • Ottoman Turkish: باغرساق (bağırsak) — alimentary canal
  • Ottoman Turkish: روده (rude) — alimentary canal
  • Turkmen: içege — alimentary canal
  • Turkmen: iç — alimentary canal
  • Ukrainian: ки́шка (kýška) — alimentary canal
  • Ukrainian: кише́чник (kyšéčnyk) — alimentary canal
  • Ukrainian: че́рево (čérevo) — alimentary canal
  • Urdu: آنْت (ānt) — alimentary canal
  • Uyghur: ئۈچەي (üchey) — alimentary canal
  • Uzbek: ichak — alimentary canal
  • Vietnamese: ruột — alimentary canal
  • Volapük: ninäm — alimentary canal
  • Welsh: coluddyn — alimentary canal
  • Wolof: butit — alimentary canal
  • Yiddish: קישקע (kishke) — alimentary canal
  • Yiddish: געדערעם (gederem) — alimentary canal
  • Zazaki: roqıla — alimentary canal
  • Zhuang: saej — alimentary canal
  • Zulu: ithumbu — alimentary canal
  • Arabic: أَمْعَاء (ʔamʕāʔ) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Arabic: مَصِير (maṣīr) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Armenian: աղիք (aġikʻ) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Bashkir: эсәк (esək) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Catalan: intestí — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Catalan: budell — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腸管 /肠管 (chángguǎn) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腸 /肠 (cháng) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Czech: střevo — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Dutch: darm — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Dutch: ingewanden — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Esperanto: intesto — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Finnish: suoli — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • French: intestin — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Saterland Frisian: Tierm — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Saterland Frisian: Täirm — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • West-Frisian: term — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Georgian: ნაწლავი (nac̣lavi) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Georgian: კუჭ-ნაწლავი (ḳuč̣-nac̣lavi) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • German: Darm — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • German: Eingeweide — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Greek: έντερο (éntero) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Hebrew: מְעִי — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Hindi: आँत (ā̃t) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Hindi: आंत (ānt) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Hungarian: bél — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Irish: putóg — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Italian: intestino — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Japanese: 腸管 (chōkan) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Japanese: 腸 (chō) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Korean: 창자 (changja) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Korean: 배알 (baeal) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Latvian: zarna — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Lithuanian: žarna — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Macedonian: цре́во (crévo) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Malayalam: കുടൽ (kuṭal) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Mongolian: гэдэс (gedes) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠳᠡᠰᠦ (gedesü) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tarm — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tarmer — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tarm — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tarmar — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Iranian Persian: رودِه (rude) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Iranian Persian: اَنْدَرونِه (andarune) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Polish: jelito — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Portuguese: intestino — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Romanian: intestin — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Russian: кишка́ (kišká) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Russian: кише́чник (kišéčnik) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Samogitian: žarna — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Scottish Gaelic: caolan — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Scottish Gaelic: greallach — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Scottish Gaelic: mionach — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Scottish Gaelic: innidh — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Sicilian: ntistinu — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Sicilian: vudeḍḍu — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Slovene: črevo — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Lower Sorbian: crjowo — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Spanish: intestino — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Spanish: intestinos — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Swedish: tarm — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Swedish: inälvor — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Tamil: குடல் (kuṭal) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Thai: ลําไส้ (lam-sâi) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Turkish: bağırsak — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Ottoman Turkish: باغرساق (bağırsak) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Ottoman Turkish: روده (rude) — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Vietnamese: ruột — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Volapük: ninäm — subdivision of the alimentary canal
  • Zulu: ithumbu — subdivision of the alimentary canal
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