Bacterial colonization of the intestine occurs after birth.
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Intestine
//ɪnˈtɛstɪn//
Synonyms for "intestine" (96 found)
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1 entriesis a
1 entriespart of
3 entriesrelated to
13 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
285 translations across 145 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- derm noun (alimentary canal)
Albanian
1 entries- zorrë noun (alimentary canal)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔντερον noun (alimentary canal)
Ao
1 entries- tar (Chungli) noun (alimentary canal)
Arabic
4 entries- أمعاء noun (alimentary canal)
- أَحْشَاء noun (alimentary canal)
- أَمْصِرَة noun (alimentary canal)
- أَمْعَاء noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Aragonese
1 entries- zago noun (alimentary canal)
Armenian
2 entries- աղիք noun (alimentary canal)
- աղիք noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Aromanian
1 entries- matsu noun (alimentary canal)
Asturian
1 entries- estantín noun (alimentary canal)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bağırsaq noun (alimentary canal)
Bangi
1 entries- moncobo noun (alimentary canal)
Bashkir
2 entries- эсәк noun (alimentary canal)
- эсәк noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Belarusian
3 entries- кі́шка noun (alimentary canal)
- кішэ́чнік noun (alimentary canal)
- чэ́рава noun (alimentary canal)
Bengali
1 entries- অন্ত্র noun (alimentary canal)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- आंत noun (alimentary canal)
Bikol Central
1 entries- bituka noun (alimentary canal)
Bulgarian
1 entries- черво́ noun (alimentary canal)
Burmese
2 entries- ဝမ်း noun (alimentary canal)
- အူ noun (alimentary canal)
Catalan
4 entries- budell noun (alimentary canal)
- budell noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- intestí noun (alimentary canal)
- intestí noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Cebuano
1 entries- tinai noun (alimentary canal)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ڕیخۆڵە noun (alimentary canal)
Chinese
1 entries- чонзы noun (alimentary canal)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 腸子 /肠子 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸管 /肠管 noun (alimentary canal)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 腸 /肠 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸 /肠 noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- 腸子 /肠子 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸管 /肠管 noun (alimentary canal)
Church Slavic
2 entries- чрѣво noun (alimentary canal)
- ⱍⱃⱑⰲⱁ noun (alimentary canal)
Cimbrian
1 entries- buarst noun (alimentary canal)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- cuitlaxcolli noun (alimentary canal)
Czech
2 entries- střevo noun (alimentary canal)
- střevo noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Danish
1 entries- tarm noun (alimentary canal)
Drung
1 entries- pvgyeu noun (alimentary canal)
Dutch
4 entries- darm noun (alimentary canal)
- darm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- ingewanden noun (alimentary canal)
- ingewanden noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Erzya
1 entries- сюло noun (alimentary canal)
Esperanto
2 entries- intestaro noun (alimentary canal)
- intesto noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Estonian
1 entries- sool noun (alimentary canal)
Finnish
3 entries- suolet noun (alimentary canal)
- suoli noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- suolisto noun (alimentary canal)
French
3 entries- boyau noun (alimentary canal)
- intestin noun (alimentary canal)
- intestin noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Galician
2 entries- intestino noun (alimentary canal)
- tripa noun (alimentary canal)
Georgian
4 entries- კუჭ-ნაწლავი noun (alimentary canal)
- კუჭ-ნაწლავი noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- ნაწლავი noun (alimentary canal)
- ნაწლავი noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
German
4 entries- Darm noun (alimentary canal)
- Darm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- Eingeweide noun (alimentary canal)
- Eingeweide noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Greek
2 entries- έντερο noun (alimentary canal)
- έντερο noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Gujarati
1 entries- આંતરડું noun (alimentary canal)
Hawaiian
1 entries- naʻau noun (alimentary canal)
Hebrew
2 entries- מְעִי noun (alimentary canal)
- מְעִי noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Higaonon
1 entries- bituka noun (alimentary canal)
Hindi
4 entries- अँतड़ी noun (alimentary canal)
- आँत noun (alimentary canal)
- आँत noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- आंत noun (alimentary canal)
Hungarian
3 entries- bél noun (alimentary canal)
- bél noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- zsiger noun (alimentary canal)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Daarem noun (alimentary canal)
Icelandic
1 entries- görn noun (alimentary canal)
Indonesian
1 entries- usus noun (alimentary canal)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اَنْدَرونِه noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- رودِه noun (alimentary canal)
- رودِه noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Irish
3 entries- drólanna noun (alimentary canal)
- putóg noun (alimentary canal)
- putóg noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Italian
2 entries- intestino noun (alimentary canal)
- intestino noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Japanese
4 entries- 腸 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸 noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- 腸管 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸管 noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Javanese
1 entries- usus noun (alimentary canal)
Kapampangan
1 entries- bituka noun (alimentary canal)
Kazakh
1 entries- ішек noun (alimentary canal)
Khmer
2 entries- ពោះវៀន noun (alimentary canal)
- អន្តៈ noun (alimentary canal)
Kongo
1 entries- midia noun (alimentary canal)
Korean
4 entries- 배알 noun (alimentary canal)
- 배알 noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- 창 noun (alimentary canal)
- 창자 noun (alimentary canal)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- ичеги noun (alimentary canal)
- ичек noun (alimentary canal)
Lao
4 entries- ລຳໃສ້ noun (alimentary canal)
- ລຳໄສ້ noun (alimentary canal)
- ໃສ້ noun (alimentary canal)
- ໄສ້ noun (alimentary canal)
Latin
1 entries- lactēs noun (alimentary canal)
Latvian
3 entries- zarna noun (alimentary canal)
- zarna noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- zarnas noun (alimentary canal)
Laz
1 entries- მჭუ noun (alimentary canal)
Lezgi
1 entries- рад noun (alimentary canal)
Lingala
1 entries- monsopo noun (alimentary canal)
Lithuanian
2 entries- zarna noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- žarnos noun (alimentary canal)
Low German
1 entries- Darm noun (alimentary canal)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- crjowo noun (alimentary canal)
- crjowo noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Lü
1 entries- ᦺᦉᧉ noun (alimentary canal)
Macedonian
2 entries- цре́во noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- црево noun (alimentary canal)
Maguindanao
1 entries- tinay noun (alimentary canal)
Malagasy
1 entries- tsinay noun (alimentary canal)
Malay
1 entries- usus noun (alimentary canal)
Malayalam
2 entries- കുടൽ noun (alimentary canal)
- കുടൽ noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Maltese
1 entries- musrana noun (alimentary canal)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡩᡠᡥᠠ noun (alimentary canal)
Mansaka
1 entries- tinai noun (alimentary canal)
Maranao
1 entries- tina'i noun (alimentary canal)
Mazanderani
1 entries- ریه noun (alimentary canal)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ჭჷ noun (alimentary canal)
Moksha
1 entries- сюла noun (alimentary canal)
Mongolian
4 entries- гэдэс noun (alimentary canal)
- гэдэс noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- ᠭᠡᠳᠡᠰᠦ noun (alimentary canal)
- ᠭᠡᠳᠡᠰᠦ noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Māori
4 entries- kōpiro noun (alimentary canal)
- ngākau noun (alimentary canal)
- piro noun (alimentary canal)
- piropiro terotero noun (alimentary canal)
Nanai
1 entries- пухин noun (alimentary canal)
Navajo
1 entries- achʼííʼ noun (alimentary canal)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rûvî noun (alimentary canal)
Northern Sami
1 entries- čoalli noun (alimentary canal)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- tarm noun (alimentary canal)
- tarm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- tarmer noun (alimentary canal)
- tarmer noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- tarm noun (alimentary canal)
- tarm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- tarmar noun (alimentary canal)
- tarmar noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Nuosu
1 entries- ꃶ noun (alimentary canal)
Occitan
2 entries- budèl noun (alimentary canal)
- intestin noun (alimentary canal)
Ojibwe
1 entries- ninagizh noun (alimentary canal)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- чрево noun (alimentary canal)
Old English
1 entries- þearm noun (alimentary canal)
Old Frisian
1 entries- therm noun (alimentary canal)
Oromo
1 entries- xeerii noun (alimentary canal)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- باغرساق noun (alimentary canal)
- باغرساق noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- روده noun (alimentary canal)
- روده noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Pali
1 entries- anta noun (alimentary canal)
Pashto
1 entries- انډاره noun (alimentary canal)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Doarm noun (alimentary canal)
Polish
4 entries- jelito noun (alimentary canal)
- jelito noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- kiszka noun (alimentary canal)
- trzewo noun (alimentary canal)
Portuguese
2 entries- intestino noun (alimentary canal)
- intestino noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Punjabi
2 entries- آنْدَر noun (alimentary canal)
- ਆਂਦਰ noun (alimentary canal)
Romanian
4 entries- intestin noun (alimentary canal)
- intestin noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- intestine noun (alimentary canal)
- maț noun (alimentary canal)
Romansch
1 entries- begl noun (alimentary canal)
Russian
4 entries- кише́чник noun (alimentary canal)
- кише́чник noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- кишка́ noun (alimentary canal)
- кишка́ noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अन्त्र noun (alimentary canal)
- गुद noun (alimentary canal)
Saterland Frisian
4 entries- Tierm noun (alimentary canal)
- Tierm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- Täirm noun (alimentary canal)
- Täirm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- caolan noun (alimentary canal)
- caolan noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- greallach noun (alimentary canal)
- greallach noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- crijévo noun (alimentary canal)
- crévo noun (alimentary canal)
- цре́во noun (alimentary canal)
- црије́во noun (alimentary canal)
Shan
1 entries- သႆႈ noun (alimentary canal)
Sicilian
4 entries- ntistinu noun (alimentary canal)
- ntistinu noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- vudeḍḍu noun (alimentary canal)
- vudeḍḍu noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Sindhi
1 entries- آنڊو noun (alimentary canal)
Slovak
1 entries- črevo noun (alimentary canal)
Slovene
2 entries- črevo noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- črevọ̑ noun (alimentary canal)
Spanish
4 entries- intestino noun (alimentary canal)
- intestino noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- intestinos noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- mondongo noun (alimentary canal)
Sundanese
1 entries- peujit noun (alimentary canal)
Svan
1 entries- ჭინჭილ noun (alimentary canal)
Swedish
4 entries- inälvor noun (alimentary canal)
- inälvor noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- tarm noun (alimentary canal)
- tarm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Tagalog
1 entries- bituka noun (alimentary canal)
Tajik
1 entries- рӯда noun (alimentary canal)
Tamil
2 entries- குடல் noun (alimentary canal)
- குடல் noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Tarifit
2 entries- adan noun (alimentary canal)
- bururu noun (alimentary canal)
Tatar
1 entries- эчәк noun (alimentary canal)
Thai
3 entries- ลำไส้ noun (alimentary canal)
- ลำไส้ noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- ไส้ noun (alimentary canal)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྒྱུ་མ noun (alimentary canal)
Tigrinya
1 entries- መዓንጣ noun (alimentary canal)
Turkish
2 entries- bağırsak noun (alimentary canal)
- bağırsak noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Turkmen
2 entries- iç noun (alimentary canal)
- içege noun (alimentary canal)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ки́шка noun (alimentary canal)
- кише́чник noun (alimentary canal)
- че́рево noun (alimentary canal)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- črjewo noun (alimentary canal)
Urdu
1 entries- آنْت noun (alimentary canal)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئۈچەي noun (alimentary canal)
Uzbek
1 entries- ichak noun (alimentary canal)
Vietnamese
2 entries- ruột noun (alimentary canal)
- ruột noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Volapük
2 entries- ninäm noun (alimentary canal)
- ninäm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Welsh
1 entries- coluddyn noun (alimentary canal)
West-Frisian
2 entries- term noun (alimentary canal)
- term noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Western Apache
1 entries- bichʼįʼ noun (alimentary canal)
Wolof
1 entries- butit noun (alimentary canal)
Yiddish
2 entries- געדערעם noun (alimentary canal)
- קישקע noun (alimentary canal)
Zazaki
1 entries- roqıla noun (alimentary canal)
Zhuang
1 entries- saej noun (alimentary canal)
Zulu
2 entries- ithumbu noun (alimentary canal)
- ithumbu noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
The large intestine absorbs water.
Source: tatoeba (2275193)
The large intestine is about 1.5m long.
Source: tatoeba (2275309)
The stomach connects to the small intestine.
Source: tatoeba (2275311)
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