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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?st?n/, /?n?t?s?ti?n/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?n?t?sta?n/, /??nt?sta?n/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?n?t?sta?n/
• Rhymes: -?st?n

Etymology 1

From Latin intest?num, neuter of intest?nus (“internal”), as Etymology 2, below.

Noun

intestine (plural intestines)

1. (anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
2. One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.

Synonyms

• bowel
• gut
• tharm

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• entrail
• innard
• colon

Etymology 2

From Latin intest?nus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).

Adjective

intestine (not comparable)

1. Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.
   • 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, p.2:

     It being true that now after fiue yeeres intestine warre with the reuengefull implacable Indians, a firme peace (not againe easily to be broken) hath bin lately concluded […].

   • 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch.1,

     Yet the success of Trajan, however transient, was rapid and specious. The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms.

2. (obsolete) Internal.
   • a. 1776, David Hume, Of the Origin of Government

     a perpetual intestine struggle […] between authority and liberty

3. (obsolete, rare) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
   • 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe

     Every thing labours under an intestine necessity.

4. (obsolete, rare) Shut up; enclosed.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowper to this entry?)

Italian

Adjective

intestine f pl

1. feminine plural of intestino

Latin

Adjective

intest?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of intest?nus

English

Alternative forms

• domestick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??m?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k
• Hyphenation: do?mes?tic

Adjective

domestic (comparative more domestic, superlative most domestic)

1. Of or relating to the home.
   • 1994, George Whitmore, Getting Rid of Robert in Violet Quill:

     “Dan’s not as domestic as you," I commented rather nastily.

2. Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.

3. (of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
   • 1890, US Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual report v 6/7, 1889/90

     It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals.

4. Internal to a specific country.
   • 1996, Robert O. Keohane, Helen V. Milner, Internationalization and Domestic Politics:

     The proportion of international economic flows relative to domestic ones.
5. Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.

Synonyms

• (of or relating to the home): bourgeois, civilized, comfortable
• (kept by someone): domesticated

Antonyms

• (of or relating to the home): adventurous, social
• (local): foreign, global
• (kept by someone): wild, feral

Derived terms

• domestic cat
• domestic hot water
• domestic violence

Translations

Noun

domestic (plural domestics)

1. A maid or household servant.
   • 1992, Mary Romero, Maid in the U.S.A.

     New standards of cleanliness increased the workload for domestics.

2. A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent.
   • 2005, Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website at[2] on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly.

Translations

Related terms

Anagrams

• comedist, cosmetid, demotics, docetism

Interlingua

Adjective

domestic (not comparable)

1. domestic, domesticated, pertaining to homes, home life or husbandry

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French domestique, Latin domesticus. Largely replaced earlier dumesnic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do?mes.tik/

Adjective

domestic m or n (feminine singular domestic?, masculine plural domestici, feminine and neuter plural domestice)

1. domestic (of or relating to the home)
2. (of animals) domestic

Declension

Synonyms

• (of or related to the house): casnic

Related terms

• domestici
• domesticitate