innards

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noun

The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.

“He took the cover off his computer and looked at the innards.”

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visceraentrailsinsides
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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of innard
nouninnards pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.

    It's the place for all black sinners. / Watch them eating dead rat's innards.

    1970, “Walpurgis (older version of War Pigs)”, in Geezer Butler (lyrics), Paranoid, performed by Black Sabbath
  2. figurativelypluralplural onlyThe inner workings of something; the insides or guts.

    He took the cover off his computer and looked at the innards.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouninternal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)

Similar
visceraentrailsinsides
Broader
internal organviscus
Also see
bowelsentrailsgutgutsinsidespuddingvisceraviscus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Alteration of inwards.

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Translations

Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα, ἔγκατα
  • σπλάγχνα (splánkhna)internal organs
  • ἔγκατα (énkata)internal organs
Bulgarian вътрешности, чаркове
  • вътрешности (vătrešnosti)internal organs
  • чаркове (čarkove)inner workings
Catalan víscera
  • víscerainternal organs
Chinese Mandarin 內臟 /内脏
  • 內臟 /内脏 (nèizàng)internal organs
Czech vnitřnosti, útroby
  • vnitřnostiinternal organs
  • útrobyinternal organs
Dutch ingewanden
  • ingewandeninternal organs
Finnish sisälmykset, sisäelimet
  • sisälmyksetinternal organs
  • sisäelimetinternal organs
  • sisuskalutinner workings
French abats, viscère
  • abatsinternal organs
  • viscèreinternal organs
German Eingeweide
  • Eingeweideinternal organs
Greek σπλάγχνα, σπλάχνα
  • σπλάγχνα (splánchna)internal organs
  • σπλάχνα (spláchna)internal organs
Hungarian zsigerek
  • zsigerekinternal organs
Icelandic innyfli
  • innyfliinternal organs
Indonesian visera
  • viserainternal organs
Irish putóga
  • putógainternal organs
Italian visceri, viscere
  • visceriinternal organs
  • viscereinternal organs
Japanese 内臓, 腸
  • 内臓 (naizō)internal organs
  • 腸 (chō)internal organs
Korean 내장
  • 내장 (naejang)internal organs
Māori kāpiro
  • kāpirointernal organs
Norwegian Bokmål innvoller
  • innvollerinternal organs
Polish bebechy, trzewia
  • bebechyinternal organs
  • trzewiainternal organs
  • bebechyinner workings
Portuguese víscera
  • víscerainternal organs
Russian вну́тренности, потроха́
  • вну́тренности (vnútrennosti)internal organs
  • потроха́ (potroxá)internal organs
Spanish víscera, entrañas
  • víscerainternal organs
  • entrañasinternal organs
Swedish inälvor, inkråm
  • inälvorinternal organs
  • inkråminternal organs
  • innanmäteinner workings
Tagalog lamanloob
  • lamanloobinternal organs
Thai เครื่องใน
  • เครื่องใน (krʉ̂ʉang-nai)internal organs
Turkish ahşa, bağır
  • ahşainternal organs
  • bağırinternal organs
Ukrainian нутрощі
  • нутрощі (nutrošči)internal organs
Cite this entry
APA

innards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/innards

MLA

“innards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/innards. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “innards,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/innards.

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