Meanings
nounlarge intestine (plural large intestines)
plural large intestines
- anatomyThe second to last part of the digestive system, comprising the cecum, colon and rectum.
Synonyms: large bowel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe second to last part of the digestive system, comprising the cecum, colon and rectum.
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Translations
Afrikaans dikderm
- dikdermbodily organ
Ancient Greek παχὺ ἔντερον
- παχὺ ἔντερον (pakhù énteron)bodily organ
Arabic أَمْعَاء غَلِيظَة, مِعًى غَلِيظ
- أَمْعَاء غَلِيظَة (ʔamʕāʔ ḡalīẓa)bodily organ
- مِعًى غَلِيظ (miʕan ḡalīẓ)bodily organ
Basque heste lodi
- heste lodibodily organ
Bengali বৃহদান্ত্র
- বৃহদান্ত্র (brihodantro)bodily organ
Bulgarian дебе́ло черво́
- дебе́ло черво́ (debélo červó)bodily organ
Catalan intestí gros
- intestí grosbodily organ
Chinese Cantonese 大腸 /大肠
- 大腸 /大肠bodily organ
Chinese Mandarin 大腸 /大肠
- 大腸 /大肠 (dàcháng)bodily organ
Czech tlusté střevo
- tlusté střevobodily organ
Danish tyktarm
- tyktarmbodily organ
Dutch dikke darm
- dikke darmbodily organ
Estonian jämesool
- jämesoolbodily organ
Finnish paksusuoli
- paksusuolibodily organ
French gros intestin
- gros intestinbodily organ
German Dickdarm
- Dickdarmbodily organ
Greek παχύ έντερο
- παχύ έντερο (pachý éntero)bodily organ
Hebrew הַמְּעִי הַגַּס
- הַמְּעִי הַגַּסbodily organ
Hindi बृहदान्त्र, बड़ी आँत
- बृहदान्त्र (bŕhdāntra)bodily organ
- बड़ी आँत (baṛī ā̃t)bodily organ
Hungarian vastagbél
- vastagbélbodily organ
Icelandic stórþarmar, ristill
- stórþarmarbodily organ
- ristillbodily organ
Indonesian usus besar
- usus besarbodily organ
Irish putóg mhór
- putóg mhórbodily organ
Italian intestino crasso
- intestino crassobodily organ
Japanese 大腸
- 大腸 (daichō)bodily organ
Korean 대장, 큰창자
- 대장 (daejang)bodily organ
- 큰창자 (keunchangja)bodily organ
- 굵은밸 (gulgeunbael)bodily organ
Latin crassundia, longao
- crassundiabodily organ
- longaobodily organ
Latvian resnā zarna
- resnā zarnabodily organ
Lithuanian gaubtinė žarna
- gaubtinė žarnabodily organ
Malay usus besar
- usus besarbodily organ
Māori kōpiro nui
- kōpiro nuibodily organ
Norwegian Bokmål tykktarm
- tykktarmbodily organ
Polish jelito grube
- jelito grubebodily organ
Portuguese intestino grosso
- intestino grossobodily organ
Punjabi ਵੱਡੀ ਆਂਦਰ
- ਵੱਡੀ ਆਂਦਰ (vaḍḍī āndar)bodily organ
Romanian intestin gros
- intestin grosbodily organ
Russian то́лстая кишка́
- то́лстая кишка́ (tólstaja kišká)bodily organ
Slovak hrubé črevo
- hrubé črevobodily organ
Spanish intestino grueso
- intestino gruesobodily organ
Swahili utumbo mpana
- utumbo mpanabodily organ
Swedish tjocktarm, grovtarm
- tjocktarmbodily organ
- grovtarmbodily organ
Tagalog malaking bituka
- malaking bitukabodily organ
Tamil பெருங்குடல்
- பெருங்குடல் (peruṅkuṭal)bodily organ
Thai ลำไส้ใหญ่
- ลำไส้ใหญ่ (lam-sâi-yài)bodily organ
Turkish kalın bağırsak
- kalın bağırsakbodily organ
Ukrainian товста́ ки́шка
- товста́ ки́шка (tovstá kýška)bodily organ
Urdu بَڑی آنْت
- بَڑی آنْت (baṛī ānt)bodily organ
Vietnamese ruột già, đại tràng
- ruột giàbodily organ
- đại tràngbodily organ
Welsh coluddyn mawr
- coluddyn mawrbodily organ
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APA
large intestine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/large%20intestine
MLA
“large intestine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/large%20intestine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “large intestine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/large%20intestine.
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