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omasum

noun · 2 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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  • US: /oʊˈmeɪsəm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪsəm

1

noun

Meaning 1

The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, food, lifestyle, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bible, leaf tripe, manyplies, psalterium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compartment, tripe

2

noun

Meaning 2

the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: psalterium, third stomach

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stomach, tummy, tum, breadbasket

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin omāsum.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُمّ التَلَافِيف (ʔumm at-talāfīf) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Asturian: llibru — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Asturian: nuera — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Belarusian: кніжка (knižka) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Breton: levrioù — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Bulgarian: кни́жка (knížka) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Catalan: omàsum — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Catalan: llibre — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重瓣胃 (chóngbànwèi) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Czech: kniha — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Dutch: boekmaag — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Esperanto: omaso — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Faroese: rukkulakki — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Finnish: satakerta — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • French: feuillet — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Galician: entrefollo — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Galician: santafollo — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Galician: libro — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Galician: omaso — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • German: Blättermagen — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • German: Buchmagen — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • German: Buch — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • German: Psalter — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • German: Kalender — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • German: Löser — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Ancient Greek: ἐχῖνος (ekhînos) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Hebrew: קיבת העלעלים (kevát hal'alím) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Hungarian: százrétű (-gyomor) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Hungarian: leveles (-gyomor) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Interlingua: omaso — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Irish: mála an leabhair — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Irish: goile an leabhair — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Irish: goile duilleach — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Italian: omaso — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Italian: libro — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Italian: centopelle — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Italian: foglietto — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Japanese: 千枚 (senmai) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Korean: 겹주름위 (gyeopjureumwi) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Korean: 제3 위 (jesam wi) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Central Kurdish: ھەزارلۆغانە (hezarloẍane) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Latvian: grāmatnieks — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Limburgish: bookmaag — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Limburgish: blaadmaag — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Lithuanian: knygenos — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Macedonian: листавец (listavec) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Malagasy: vorivorinkena — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Malayalam: ഒമാസം (omāsaṁ) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bladmage — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Old Norse: laki — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Persian: هزارلا — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Polish: księgi — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Portuguese: omaso — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Portuguese: saltério — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Romanian: foios — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Romanian: omasum — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Russian: кни́жка (knížka) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Lule-Sami: tjäksa — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Northern Sami: čeaksa — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли̏ставац — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȉstavac — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Slovak: kniha — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Spanish: omaso — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Swedish: bladmage — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Turkish: kırkbayır — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Ukrainian: книжка (knyžka) — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Vietnamese: dạ lá sách — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Walloon: cint-fouyeas — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Welsh: cod fach — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Welsh: clwtyn dilladog — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • ǃXóõ: ǁkxʻân a̰a — the third part of the stomach of a ruminant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 百葉 /百叶 (bǎiyè) — leaf tripe (food)
  • Galician: entrefollo — leaf tripe (food)
  • Hungarian: pacal — leaf tripe (food)
  • Japanese: センマイ (senmai) — leaf tripe (food)
  • Korean: 천엽 (cheonyeop) — leaf tripe (food)
  • Korean: 백엽 (baegyeop) — leaf tripe (food)
  • Polish: księgi — leaf tripe (food)