entrails

[ en-treylz, -truhlz ]
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plural noun
  1. the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.

  2. the intestines.

  1. the internal parts of anything: the entrails of a machine.

Origin of entrails

1
1250–1300; Middle English entrailles<Anglo-French, Middle French <Vulgar Latin *interālia (compare early Medieval Latin intrālia), alteration, by suffix change (see -al1), of Latin interānea guts, neuter plural of interāneus; see inter-,-an, -eous

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entrails

/ (ˈɛntreɪlz) /


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

  2. the innermost parts of anything

Origin of entrails

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

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