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bowel

/ˈbaʊəl/BOW-uhl
/ˈbaʊəl/BOW-uhl

Meaninga sausage

Common meaning: part of the intestine

Journey through time

  1. Latinbotulus‘a sausage’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa sausage → intestineboel‘intestine’source
  3. Middle Englishbouelesource
  4. Englishbowel‘part of the intestine’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin botulus ‘a sausage’.

Roots

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