intestin

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Inherited from Middle French intestin m (first attested in the 15th c.), learned borrowing from Latin intestīnum n.

intestin m (plural intestins)

1. intestine

   gros intestin ― large intestine

   intestin grêle ― small intestine

• intestinal

• → Romanian: intestin n

• boyau m

Inherited from Middle French intestin (first attested in 1351-56), learned borrowing from Latin intestīnus.

intestin (feminine intestine, masculine plural intestins, feminine plural intestines)

1. (archaic) intestinal

   Synonym: intestinal

2. (literary) internal

   des conflits intestins ― internecine conflicts, infighting

   une guerre intestine ― a civil war

• “intestin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Borrowed from French intestin m.

• IPA^(key): /in.tesˈtin/

intestin n (plural intestine)

1. intestine

   Synonyms: viscere n pl, măruntaie n pl