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Definition: Entrails |
EntrailsNoun1. Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "entrails" was first used: 13th century. (references) |
Etymology: Entrails \En"trails\, plural noun. [French expression entrailles, Late Latin expression intralia, intranea, from interaneum, plural interanea, intestine, interaneus inward, interior, from inter between, among, within. See Internal.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of the human entrails, denotes horrible misery and despair, shutting out all hope of happiness. To dream of the entrails of a wild beast, signifies the overthrow of your mortal enemy. To tear the entrails of another, signifies cruel persecutions to further your own interests. To dream of your own entrails, the deepest despair will overwhelm you. To dream of the entrails of your own child, denotes that the child's, or your own, dissolution is at hand. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: EntrailsSynonyms: innards (n), viscera (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interiority | Contents; substance, pith, marrow; backbone; (center); heart, bosom, breast; abdomen; vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings, womb, lap; penetralia, recesses, innermost recesses; cave; (concavity). |
Prediction | Divination by oracles, Theomancy; by the Bible, Bibliomancy; by ghosts, Psychomancy; by crystal gazing, Crystallomancy; by shadows or manes, Sciomancy; by appearances in the air, Aeromancy, Chaomancy; by the stars at birth, Genethliacs; by meteors, Meteoromancy; by winds, Austromancy; by sacrificial appearances, Aruspicy (or Haruspicy), Hieromancy, Hieroscopy; by the entrails of animals sacrificed, Extispicy, Hieromancy; by the entrails of a human sacrifice, |
Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy;Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy (or Alectromancy); by fishes, Ophiomancy; by herbs, Botanomancy; by water, Hydromancy; by fountains, Pegomancy; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy; by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy; by salt, Halomancy; by dice, Cleromancy; by arrows, Belomancy; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy; by a balanced sieve | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Entrails |
| English words defined with "entrails": Anthropomancy, Aruspex, Aruspicy ♦ canopic jar, canopic vase, Chawdron, Chitterling ♦ disembowel, Disentrail, draw ♦ eviscerate, Exenterate, Extispicious ♦ Gip ♦ Hieroscopy, Humbles ♦ Ichthyomancy ♦ Mugget ♦ Nombles ♦ Umbles, Unbowel ♦ Viscerate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "entrails": exabyte, examining the entrails ♦ FIDDLE ♦ HASHER OPERATOR, Humble Pie ♦ mincing-machine operator, MUNDUNGUS ♦ Oyster ♦ Soul of a Goose. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "entrails": Inter-. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) Eyeballs to entrails. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I'd liquefy his entrails for her. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | After skinning the freshly killed hog, the entrails are put in a wheelbarrow to be carted away. Iowa, Harry Madsen Farm. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He sprang from the bed, the reeking odour pouring down his throat, clogging and revolting his entrails. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | It chewed and swallowed, and the entrails hung from its mouth |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor. P |
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| "Entrails" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Entrails" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 67 | 40,952 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "entrails": by the entrails of a human sacrifice ♦ by the entrails of animals sacrificed ♦ by the entrails of fishes ♦ examining the entrails ♦ from the entrails of the earth. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
entrails | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "entrails"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zorrë (bowel, casing, catgut, gut, hose, intestine), të brendshme (bowels, gut, pluck, underwear), gji (bay, bight, boob, bosom, bowels, breast, chest, gulf, inlet, milk, womb). (various references) | |
Arabic | أمعاء (bowel, bowels, gut, intestines, tripe, viscera), أحشاء (bowel, bowels, gizzard, guts, innards, viscera). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | черва (bowels, guts, intestines, tripe), вътрешности (bowels, guts, inside, inwards, viscera). (various references) | |
Chinese | 内脏 (innards, splanchnic). (various references) | |
Czech | vnitřnosti (bowels, guts, harslet, haslet, insides, offal, viscera). (various references) | |
Danish | indvolde (intestines, viscera). (various references) | |
Dutch | ingewanden (intestines). (various references) | |
Farsi | اندرونه (Viscera), احشاء وامعاء . (various references) | |
Finnish | sisälmykset (bowels, viscera). (various references) | |
French | entrailles. (various references) | |
German | Innereien (bowel, bowels, giblets, innards, inwards, offal, pluck), eingeweide (bowel, bowels, gut, guts, innards, inside, intestines, viscera). (various references) | |
Greek | σπλάχνα (bowels, inwards, viscera, vitals), εντόσθια ζώου. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעים (bowels, intestines), קרבים (gut, intestines, viscera). (various references) | |
Hungarian | belső részek (riff, viscera), belek (bowels, gut, guts, innards, insides, internals, intestines, inward, inwards, viscera). (various references) | |
Indonesian | isi perut (bowel). (various references) | |
Italian | frattaglie (chitterlings, giblets, harslet, haslet, lights, offal, pluck). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "腑 , "物 (giblets). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぞうふ, ぞうもつ (giblets). (various references) | |
Manx | minnagh (bowel, gut, intestine, pith, viscera). (various references) | |
Norwegian | innvoller (bowels). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | entrailsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vísceras (bowels, viscera). (various references) | |
Romanian | strãfund (being, bosom, depth), mãruntaie (bowel, depths, giblets, innards, inside, offal, tripe, viscera, womb), intestine (bowel, bowels), adâncituri (depth). (various references) | |
Russian | внутренности (bowels, guts, innards, inside, interior, inwards, viscera). (various references) | |
Scottish | mionach (bowels). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | iznutrice (bowels, intestines, inwards, offal), drob (bowel, offal, pluck). (various references) | |
Spanish | vísceras (viscera), entrañas (bowels, innards). (various references) | |
Swedish | inälvor (bowels, guts, innards, intestines, inwards, offal, tripe, viscera). (various references) | |
Turkish | iç organlar (innards, internal organs, internals, viscera), iç kısımlar (innards), bağırsaklar (abdominal viscera, guts, innards, intestines, tripes). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нутрощі (bowel, guts, innards, inside, viscera), надра (bosom, bowel, subsoil). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ag. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | hevila, viscera, visceribus, viscerum, viscus. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | intralia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ouk edesqe ap' autwn wmon oude hyhmenon en udati all' h opta puri kefalhn sun toiV posin kai toiV endosqioiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non comedetis ex eo crudum quid nec coctum aqua sed assum tantum igni caput cum pedibus eius et intestinis vorabitis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ye shulen not eten of it eny thing raw, ne sothun with water, but oneli rostid with fier; the heed with his feet and entrayls ye shulen vowre; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Se that ye eate not therof sode in water, but rost with fyre: both head fete ad purtenance together. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and with its entrails. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Do not take it uncooked or cooked with boiling water, but let it be cooked in the oven; its head with its legs and its inside parts. |
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| Language | Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Dili kamo magakaon niini nga hilaw, dili usab linoto sa tubig, kondili sinugba sa kalayo; ang iyang ulo uban ang iyang mga tiil ug ang iyang sulod sa ginhawaan. |
| Chinese | 不 可 喫 " 的 、 斷 不 可 喫 水 煮 的 、 要 帶 著 、 腿 、 " 臟 、 " 火 烤 了 喫 。 |
| Croatian | Da ništa sirovo ili na vodi skuhano od njega niste jeli, nego na vatri peèeno: s glavom, nogama i ponutricom. |
| Danish | I må ikke spise noget deraf råt eller kogt i Vand, men kun stegt over Ilden, og Hoved, Ben og Indmad må ikke være skilt fra. |
| Dutch | Gij zult daarvan niet rauw eten, ook geenszins in water gezoden; maar aan het vuur gebraden, zijn hoofd met zijn schenkelen en met zijn ingewand. |
| Finnish | Älkää syökö siitä mitään raakana tai vedessä keitettynä, vaan tulessa paistettuna päineen, jalkoineen ja sisälmyksineen. |
| French | Vous ne le mangerez point demi cuit et bouilli dans l`eau; mais il sera rôti au feu, avec la tête, les jambes et l`intérieur. |
| German | Ihr sollt's nicht roh essen noch mit Wasser gesotten, sondern am Feuer gebraten, sein Haupt mit seinen Schenkeln und Eingeweiden. |
| Haitian Creole | Piga nou manje vyann lan ni manke kwit ni bouyi. Se boukannen pou nou boukannen l' tout ankè ak tout tonbe a. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Anak domba itu harus dipanggang seluruhnya, lengkap dengan kepalanya, kakinya dan isi perutnya. Makanlah daging yang sudah dipanggang itu, jangan ada yang dimakan mentah atau direbus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jangan kamu makan dia mentah atau direbus, melainkan dipanggang di atas api serta dengan kepalanya dan kakinya dan isi perutnya. |
| Italian | Non lo mangerete crudo, né bollito nell'acqua, ma solo arrostito al fuoco con la testa, le gambe e le viscere. |
| Maori | Kaua tetahi wahi e kainga matatia, he mea kohua ranei ki te wai, engari kia tunua ki te ahi; ko tona pane, ko ona waewae, me ona whekau. |
| Norwegian | I må ikke ete noget av det rått eller kokt i vann, men stekt ved ild, med hode, føtter og innvoller. |
| Portuguese | Não comereis dele cru, nem cozido em água, mas sim assado ao fogo; a sua cabeça com as suas pernas e com a sua fressura. |
| Rumanian | Sq nu -l mkncayi crud sau fiert kn apq; ci sq fie fript la foc: atkt capul, ckt wi picioarele wi mqruntaiele. |
| Russian | ОЕ ЕЫШФЕ ПФ ОЕЗП ОЕ"П ЕЮЕООПЗП, ЙМЙ УЧБТЕООПЗП Ч ЧП"Е, ОП ЕЫШФЕ ЙУ ЕЮЕООПЕ ОБ ПЗОЕ, ЗПМПЧХ У ОПЗБНЙ Й ЧОХФТЕООПУФСНЙ; |
| Spanish | No comeréis del cordero nada crudo, ni cocido en agua; sino asado al fuego, con su cabeza, sus piernas y sus entrañas. |
| Swedish | I skolen icke äta något därav rått eller kokt i vatten, utan det skall vara stekt på eld, med huvud, fötter och innanmäte. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Entrails" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: centrails, entrail, entraile, entrals, entrials, intrails, menstralis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "entrails" (pronounced e"ntrulz) |
| 5 | -t r u l z | australs, kestrels, minstrels, neutrals, nitriles, nostrils, petrels. |
| 4 | -r u l z | corals, balmorals, barrels, carols, cathedrals, chorals, imperils, laurels, morals, murals, perils, quarrels, scoundrels, sorrels, spirals. |
| 3 | -u l z | ables, accruals, acquittals, admirals, advertorials, agrochemicals, ambles, angels, angles, animals, ankles, annals, annuals, apostles, apples, appraisals, approvals, archangels, arrivals, arsenals, articles, artiodactyls, assembles, axles, constables, continentals, convertibles, councils, counsels, baffles, bagels, barbels, barnacles, battles, baubles, beadles, beagles, beetles, befuddles, belittles, betrayals, bibles, bicycles, bifocals, bindles, biologicals, biomaterials, biphenyls, bisexuals, boggles, Boodles, boondoggles, bottles, bowels, brambles, bristles, brothels, bubbles, buckles, bugles, bundles, burials, bushels, cables, camels, cancels, candles, cannibals, capitals, capitols, capsules, cardinals, carnivals, castles, casuals, cereals, channels, chemicals, chisels, chortles, chronicles, chuckles, circles, collectibles, colonels, colonials, commercials, compatibles, confessionals, counterproposals, couples, crackles, cradles, credentials, criminals, cripples, crumbles, crystals, cubicles, cudgels, cycles, cyclicals, cymbals, dabbles, dangles, debacles, decibels, decimals, deductibles, deferrals, denials, dentals, devils, diagonals, dials, diesels, differentials, disables, disciples, dismantles, dismissals, disposables, disposals, doodles, doubles, dowels, duals, duels, durables, dwindles, eagles, edibles, editorials, embezzles, enables, enamels, encyclicals, ensembles, entitles, equals, essentials, evangelicals, evils, examples, extraterrestrials, fables, facials, faithfuls, federals, festivals, fiddles, finals, fizzles, flannels, foibles, follicles, fossils, freckles, fuels, fumbles, fundamentals, funerals, funnels, gables, gambles, generals, genitals, Gentles, giggles, goggles, Gospels, grackles, granules, grapples, gribbles, grumbles, gunnels, guzzles, hackles, handles, hassles, heterosexuals, hobbles, homosexuals, honeysuckles, hopefuls, hospitals, hostels, hovels, huddles, humbles, hurdles, hustles, hymnals, icicles, idles, idols, illegals, immortals, imponderables, incidentals, individuals, industrials, infomercials, Ingles, initials, instrumentals, intangibles, intellectuals, internationals, intervals, invisibles, jewels, jingles, journals, juggles, jungles, juveniles, kennels, kernels, kettles, kittles, knuckles, labels, ladles, legals, lentils, levels, liberals, littles, locals, madrigals, mammals, mangels, maniples, mantles, manuals, Maples, marbles, marshals, marvels, materials, measles, medals, memorials, metacarpals, metals, mickles, microfossils, minerals, mingles, miracles, Miserables, missiles, mistrials, mobiles, models, moguls, mongols, morsels, mortals, motorcycles, muddles, multinationals, multiples, Mumbles, municipals, muscles, musicals, mussels, muzzles, myrtles, nationals, needles, neoliberals, nestles, nettles, nibbles, nickels, Nickles, nicols, nobles, nondurables, nonprofessionals, noodles, notables, novels, nozzles, numerals, observables, obstacles, officials, ogles, oodles, oracles, Orientals, originals, ossicles, paddles, panels, panfuls, parables, paralegals, parcels, particles, payables, pebbles, pedals, peddles, pedestals, pencils, peoples, perennials, periodicals, peripherals, personals, petals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, physicals, Pickles, piddles, pimples, pineapples, pistols, pixels, poodles, portables, portals, portrayals, potentials, pretzels, principals, principles, professionals, projectiles, proposals, puddles, pupils, purples, puzzles, quibbles, radials, radicals, raffles, rankles, rascals, rattles, rebels, rebuttals, receivables, receptacles, recitals, rectangles, recyclables, recycles, referrals, refusals, regionals, rehearsals, removals, renewals, rentals, reprisals, resembles, residuals, revels, reversals, revivals, riddles, rifles, ripples, rituals, rivals, Robles, royals, rubles, ruffles, rumbles, runkles, runnels, sables, saddles, samples, sandals, scalpels, scandals, scrambles, scribbles, scruples, scuffles, semifinals, sentinels, sequels, serials, settles, shackles, shambles, shekels, shingles, shovels, shuffles, shuttles, sickles, signals, singles, skittles, sparkles, specials, spectacles, spirituals, sprinkles, squabbles, squiggles, squirrels, stables, Staples, startles, stickles, stifles, straddles, struggles, stumbles, subprincipals, subtitles, supermodels, swindles, swivels, syllables, symbols, tables, tackles, tangibles, tangles, taxables, Technicals, temples, tentacles, terminals, testicles, testimonials, thistles, throttles, tickles, timetables, titles, tonsils, topples, totals, towels, tramples, transsexuals, travels, trials, triangles, tribunals, trickles, trifles, triples, troubles, truffles, tumbles, tunnels, turntables, turtles, tussles, tutorials, twinkles, uncles, unicycles, unravels, untouchables, upheavals, utensils, valuables, vandals, variables, varietals, vassals, vegetables, vehicles, vessels, vials, vigils, visuals, vittles, vocals, vowels, waffles, wattles, weevils, whistles, winkles, withdrawals, wrangles, wrestles, wrinkles. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: latrines, ratlines, retinals, trenails. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aliners, anestri, antlers, antsier, elastin, entails, latrine, linters, nailers, nailset, nastier, ratines, ratline, ratlins, realist, reliant, renails, rentals, retails, retains, retinal, retinas, retsina, salient, saltern, saltier, saltine, saltire, slainte, slatier, stainer, stearin, sternal, tailers, tenails, trenail. | |
-2 letters: airest, alerts, aliens, aliner, alines, alters, antler, antres, ariels, arisen, arsine, artels, astern, elains, elints. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: cisternal, clarinets, elaterins, entailers, gnarliest, inflaters, installer, integrals, interlaps, interlays, internals, intervals, larcenist, mislearnt, nearliest, orientals, reinstall, relations, reslating, retinulas, saintlier, serotinal, snarliest, sterilant, terminals, tramlines, traplines, treenails, triangles, triplanes. | |
+2 letters: alienators, allethrins, bairnliest, centralise, centralism, centralist, disenthral, earthlings, flatliners, generalist, granulites, implanters, installers, interclass, interlaces, interlards, interplays, intervales, lacustrine, larcenists, linecaster, natrolites, naturalise, neorealist, neutralise, neutralism, neutralist, paltriness, plastering, rationales, reflations, reimplants, reinflates, reinstalls, reptilians, resaluting, retailings, senatorial, slathering, starveling, sterilants, strandline, streamline, tailenders, triennials, waterlines. | |
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