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Dictionary: en·trails   (ĕn'trālz', -trəlz) pronunciation
pl.n.
  1. The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera.
  2. Internal parts: "sidewalk repair shops, where the entrails of bicycles and cars and motorcycles are spread, mechanics poring over them" (Alan Cowell).

[From Middle English entraille, from Old French, from Medieval Latin intrālia, alteration of Latin interānea, from neuter pl. of interāneus, internal, from inter, within.]


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(ĕn'trālz', -trəlz)
pl.n.

The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera.

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IN BRIEF: The internal parts of an animal.

pronunciation Remove the entrails of the fish as the first step in preparing it for dinner.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)
  Synonyms: viscera, innards


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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - indvolde, indre

Nederlands (Dutch)
ingewanden, binnenste (werking)

Français (French)
n. pl. - (lit, fig) entrailles

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Eingeweide, Innereien

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - σπλάχνα, εντόσθια (κν. σωθικά)

Italiano (Italian)
visceri

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - entranhas (f pl)

Русский (Russian)
внутренности, кишки, недра

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - intestinos, vísceras, entrañas, tripas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - inälvor, inre

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
内脏, 肠

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 內臟, 腸

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 내장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 内臓, はらわた, 内部

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) أمعاء, أحشاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮מעיים, קרביים‬


 
 
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