Flesh

//flɛʃ//

Synonyms for "flesh" (241 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Strong matches (72)

Related words (120)

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7 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

3 entries

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manner of

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Translations

301 translations across 94 languages.

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Akan

2 entries
  • nam noun (body tissue)
  • ɛnam noun (body tissue)

Albanian

2 entries
  • mish noun (body tissue)
  • tul noun (body tissue)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • κρέας noun (animal tissue as food)
  • σάρξ noun (body tissue)
  • χρώς noun (skin)

Arabic

3 entries
  • لحم noun (body tissue)
  • لَحْم noun (body tissue)
  • لَحْمٌ noun (animal tissue as food)

Armenian

3 entries
  • մարմին noun (human body entity)
  • միս noun (body tissue)
  • միս noun (animal tissue as food)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • мяса noun (body tissue)
  • це́ла noun (body tissue)
  • це́ла noun (human body entity)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • unod noun (body tissue)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • кожа noun (skin)
  • месо noun (animal tissue as food)
  • месо́ noun (body tissue)
  • телесен noun (colour)

Catalan

3 entries
  • carn noun (body tissue)
  • carn noun (animal tissue as food)
  • carn noun (colour)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 肉 noun (animal tissue as food)
  • 肉色 noun (colour)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 肉色 noun (colour)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 肉 noun (body tissue)
  • 肉色 noun (colour)

Czech

3 entries
  • dužina noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • maso noun (body tissue)
  • tělo noun (human body entity)

Danish

4 entries
  • frugtkød noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • hud noun (skin)
  • krop noun (human body entity)
  • kød noun (body tissue)

Dutch

4 entries
  • mensenkleur noun (colour)
  • vel noun (skin)
  • vlees noun (body tissue)
  • vlees noun (animal tissue as food)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • i-W:f-F51:Z2ss noun (body tissue)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • karno noun (body tissue)

Estonian

2 entries
  • liha noun (body tissue)
  • liha noun (animal tissue as food)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kjøt noun (body tissue)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hedelmäliha noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • iho noun (skin)
  • liha noun (body tissue)
  • liha noun (animal tissue as food)

French

4 entries
  • carnation noun (colour)
  • chair noun (body tissue)
  • chair noun (animal tissue as food)
  • chair noun ((religion) mortal body)

Galician

4 entries
  • carne noun (body tissue)
  • carne noun (animal tissue as food)
  • carne noun (human body entity)
  • carne noun ((religion) mortal body)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ხორცშესხმა verb (to put flesh on)

German

4 entries
  • Fleisch noun (body tissue)
  • Fleisch noun (animal tissue as food)
  • Fleisch noun (human body entity)
  • Fleisch noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍉 noun (body tissue)

Greek

4 entries
  • δέρμα noun (skin)
  • κρέας noun (animal tissue as food)
  • σάρκα noun (body tissue)
  • σάρκα noun (human body entity)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • lachè noun ((religion) mortal body)
  • lachè noun ((religion) evil, sin, corruption)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 肉色 noun (colour)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻiʻo noun (body tissue)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בָּשָׂר noun (body tissue)

Hindi

4 entries
  • क्रव्य noun (body tissue)
  • गुद्दा noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • गूदा noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • गोश्त noun (animal tissue as food)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bőr noun (skin)
  • gyümölcshús noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • hús noun (body tissue)
  • hús noun (animal tissue as food)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hold noun (body tissue)

Ido

3 entries
  • karno noun (body tissue)
  • korpo noun (human body entity)
  • pulpo noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • daging noun (body tissue)
  • daging noun (animal tissue as food)
  • merah daging noun (colour)

Iranun

1 entries
  • sapu' noun (body tissue)

Irish

4 entries
  • colainn noun (human body entity)
  • colainn noun ((religion) evil, sin, corruption)
  • feoil noun (body tissue)
  • feoil noun (animal tissue as food)

Italian

1 entries
  • carne noun (body tissue)

Japanese

4 entries
  • うすだいだい noun (colour)
  • ペールオレンジ noun (colour)
  • 果肉 noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • 肉 noun (body tissue)

Kaurna

1 entries
  • itya noun (body tissue)

Khmer

2 entries
  • មំសៈ noun (body tissue)
  • សាច់ noun (body tissue)

Korean

4 entries
  • 고기 noun (body tissue)
  • 살 noun (body tissue)
  • 살구색 noun (colour)
  • 살색 noun (colour)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຊີ້ນ noun (body tissue)
  • ມັງສະ noun (body tissue)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • mīsa noun (body tissue)

Latin

4 entries
  • carō noun (body tissue)
  • carō noun (skin)
  • carō noun (animal tissue as food)
  • carō noun (human body entity)

Latvian

4 entries
  • gaļa noun (animal tissue as food)
  • miesa noun (body tissue)
  • mīkstums noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • ķermenis noun (body tissue)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kūnas noun (body tissue)

Low German

2 entries
  • Fleesch noun (body tissue)
  • Fleesch noun (animal tissue as food)

Lutuv

1 entries
  • saa noun (body tissue)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • месо noun (body tissue)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • ഇറച്ചി noun (animal tissue as food)
  • മാംസം noun (body tissue)
  • മാംസം noun (animal tissue as food)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠶᠠᠯᡳ noun (body tissue)

Mpade

1 entries
  • shu noun (human body entity)

Māori

4 entries
  • kiko noun (body tissue)
  • kiko noun (animal tissue as food)
  • kākano noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • tōrōpuku noun (body tissue)

Navajo

1 entries
  • atsįʼ noun (body tissue)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • hudfarge noun (colour)

Odia

1 entries
  • ମାଂସ noun (body tissue)

Pashto

1 entries
  • غوښه noun (animal tissue as food)

Persian

2 entries
  • گوشت noun (body tissue)
  • پرواربندی verb (to put flesh on)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • carn noun (body tissue)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Fleesch noun (body tissue)
  • Fleesch noun (animal tissue as food)

Polish

4 entries
  • ciało noun (body tissue)
  • ciało noun (human body entity)
  • cielisty noun (colour)
  • miąższ noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • bege noun (colour)
  • carne noun (body tissue)
  • carne noun (animal tissue as food)
  • carne noun (human body entity)

Romanian

1 entries
  • carne noun (body tissue)

Russian

4 entries
  • ко́жа noun (skin)
  • мя́коть noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • мя́со noun (animal tissue as food)
  • мягкая ткань noun (body tissue)

Samoan

1 entries
  • ʻaʻano noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • क्रव्य noun (body tissue)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • craiceann noun (skin)
  • craiceann noun (human body entity)
  • feòil noun (body tissue)
  • feòil noun (animal tissue as food)

Slovak

1 entries
  • telo noun (human body entity)

Slovene

4 entries
  • meso noun (body tissue)
  • meso noun (animal tissue as food)
  • meso noun (human body entity)
  • meso noun ((religion) mortal body)

Spanish

4 entries
  • carne noun (body tissue)
  • carne noun (animal tissue as food)
  • carne noun (human body entity)
  • carne noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • meti noun (body tissue)

Swahili

4 entries
  • chembechembe noun (body tissue)
  • kinofu noun (animal tissue as food)
  • ngozi noun (skin)
  • ngozi noun (human body entity)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fruktkött noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • kött noun (body tissue)
  • kött noun (animal tissue as food)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гӯшт noun (body tissue)

Tarifit

4 entries
  • aksum noun (body tissue)
  • aksum noun (animal tissue as food)
  • aysum noun (body tissue)
  • aysum noun (animal tissue as food)

Telugu

2 entries
  • కండ noun (body tissue)
  • గుజ్జు noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

Thai

2 entries
  • เนื้อ noun (body tissue)
  • เนื้อหนัง noun ((religion) mortal body)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཤ་ noun (body tissue)

Tigrinya

2 entries
  • ስጋ noun (body tissue)
  • ስጋ noun (animal tissue as food)

Tok Pisin

4 entries
  • mit noun (body tissue)
  • mit noun (animal tissue as food)
  • mit noun (human body entity)
  • skin noun (skin)

Turkish

4 entries
  • deri noun (skin)
  • et noun (body tissue)
  • et noun (animal tissue as food)
  • et noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • сӥль noun (body tissue)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎌𐎛𐎗 noun (body tissue)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • м'я́со noun (body tissue)
  • плоть noun (body tissue)
  • ті́ло noun (body tissue)
  • ті́ло noun (human body entity)

Urdu

4 entries
  • جلد noun (skin)
  • لحم noun (body tissue)
  • لحم noun (animal tissue as food)
  • مانس noun (body tissue)

Uyghur

3 entries
  • ئەت noun (body tissue)
  • ئەت noun (animal tissue as food)
  • ئەت noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • et noun (body tissue)
  • et noun (animal tissue as food)
  • et noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

Volapük

4 entries
  • flukapulp noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • mid noun (body tissue)
  • pulp noun (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
  • skin noun (skin)

Walloon

2 entries
  • tchå noun (body tissue)
  • tchå noun (animal tissue as food)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cnawd noun (body tissue)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • nqaij noun (body tissue)

Yurok

1 entries
  • tewon noun (body tissue)

Zulu

2 entries
  • inyama noun (body tissue)
  • inyama noun (animal tissue as food)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Source: tatoeba (2454)

Lions feed on flesh.

Source: tatoeba (29840)

The lion ripped the flesh from the dead giraffe.

Source: tatoeba (29843)

In due course, eating meat will be considered as horrible as eating human flesh.

Source: tatoeba (30303)

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