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entrails

/ˈentɹəlz/EN-truhlz
/ˈɛntɹəlz/EN-truhlz

Meaningentrails, neut

Common meaning: intestines or internal organs

Journey through time

  1. Latininteranea‘entrails, neut’source
  2. Late Latinintralia‘also spelt’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsalso spelt → intestinesentraile‘intestines’source
  4. Englishentrails‘intestines or internal organs’ · 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 interanea ‘entrails, neut’.

Roots

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