entrails

[en-treylz, -truhlz]

plural noun

1. the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.

2. the intestines.

3. the internal parts of anything.

   the entrails of a machine.

entrails

/ ˈɛntreɪlz /

plural noun

1. the internal organs of a person or animal; intestines; guts

2. the innermost parts of anything

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrails¹

1250–1300; Middle English entrailles < Anglo-French, Middle French < Vulgar Latin *interālia (compare early Medieval Latin intrālia ), alteration, by suffix change ( -al ¹ ), of Latin interānea guts, neuter plural of interāneus; see inter-, -an, -eous

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrails¹

C13: from Old French entrailles, from Medieval Latin intrālia, changed from Latin interānea intestines, ultimately from inter between

Related Words

• insides