entrails

/ˈɛn.tɹeɪlz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: en-trails
IPA: /ˈɛn.tɹeɪlz/

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Meaning

noun

plural of entrail

Archaic

noun

plural of entrail

Archaic; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Elizabethan audiences relished shocks and surprises as much as they did trumpets, thunder and savage realism in bloody scenes of torture and death which were made all the more horrible by the use of animals’ entrails."

Etymology

From Middle English entraille, entrailles, from Old French entrailles, from Vulgar Latin intrālia, from Latin interānea, from interāneus, from inter. Compare Spanish entraña.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: entraille, entrailles, intrālia, interānea

Usage

Synonyms

bowels inmeat innards intestines offal viscera insides

Questions

How do you pronounce entrails?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛn.tɹeɪlz/.

What does entrails mean?

plural of entrail

Where does entrails come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce entrails

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