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intestine
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)
- (anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
- 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)
- 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.
- 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, p.2:
- (obsolete) Internal.
- a. 1776, David Hume, Of the Origin of Government
- a perpetual intestine struggle […] between authority and liberty
- a. 1776, David Hume, Of the Origin of Government
- (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.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
- (obsolete, rare) Shut up; enclosed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowper to this entry?)
Italian
Adjective
intestine f pl
- feminine plural of intestino
Latin
Adjective
intest?ne
- vocative masculine singular of intest?nus
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tummy
English
Etymology
Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?m.i/
- Rhymes: -?mi
Noun
tummy (plural tummies)
- (colloquial, often childish) Stomach or belly.
- Synonym: belly
- (US, slang) Protruding belly, paunch.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:paunch
Derived terms
- gyppy tummy
- tummyache
- tummy button
- tummy time
- tummy tuck
Related terms
- belly (referring to abdomen, not stomach)
Translations
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- what tummy time for babies
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- what is a stomach tuck
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