Meanings
plural small intestines
- anatomyThe upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
Synonyms: small bowel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
Origin
- Old Englishsmælþearme“lower gut, small intestine”
- Middle Englishsmaltharm
- Englishsmall intestine
From small + intestine, perhaps a partial calque of Middle English smaltharm, smaleþarm, from Old English smælþearme (“lower gut, small intestine”, literally “small tharm”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans dunderm
- dundermupper part of the intestine
Arabic الْأَمْعَاء الدَّقِيقَة
- الْأَمْعَاء الدَّقِيقَة (al-ʔamʕāʔ ad-daqīqa)upper part of the intestine
Bengali ক্ষুদ্রান্ত্র
- ক্ষুদ্রান্ত্র (khudrantro)upper part of the intestine
Catalan intestí prim
- intestí primupper part of the intestine
Chinese Mandarin 小腸 /小肠
- 小腸 /小肠 (xiǎocháng)upper part of the intestine
Czech tenké střevo
- tenké střevoupper part of the intestine
Danish tyndtarm
- tyndtarmupper part of the intestine
Dutch dunne darm
- dunne darmupper part of the intestine
Finnish ohutsuoli
- ohutsuoliupper part of the intestine
French intestin grêle
- intestin grêleupper part of the intestine
German Dünndarm
- Dünndarmupper part of the intestine
Greek λεπτό έντερο
- λεπτό έντερο (leptó éntero)upper part of the intestine
Hungarian vékonybél
- vékonybélupper part of the intestine
Indonesian usus halus
- usus halusupper part of the intestine
Italian intestino tenue
- intestino tenueupper part of the intestine
Japanese 小腸
- 小腸 (shōchō)upper part of the intestine
Korean 작은창자, 소장
- 작은창자 (jageunchangja)upper part of the intestine
- 소장 (sojang)upper part of the intestine
Latin lactēs
- lactēsupper part of the intestine
Malay usus kecil
- usus kecilupper part of the intestine
Māori kōpiro iti, kōpiro koromeke
- kōpiro itiupper part of the intestine
- kōpiro koromekeupper part of the intestine
Norwegian Bokmål tynntarm
- tynntarmupper part of the intestine
Polish jelito cienkie
- jelito cienkieupper part of the intestine
Portuguese intestino delgado
- intestino delgadoupper part of the intestine
Punjabi ਨਿੱਕੀ ਆਂਦਰ
- ਨਿੱਕੀ ਆਂਦਰ (nikkī āndar)upper part of the intestine
Romanian intestin subțire
- intestin subțireupper part of the intestine
Russian то́нкая кишка́
- то́нкая кишка́ (tónkaja kišká)upper part of the intestine
Slovak tenké črevo
- tenké črevoupper part of the intestine
Spanish intestino delgado
- intestino delgadoupper part of the intestine
Swahili uchango
- uchangoupper part of the intestine
Swedish tunntarm
- tunntarmupper part of the intestine
Tagalog maliit na bituka, isaw
- maliit na bitukaupper part of the intestine
- isawupper part of the intestine
- talistisupper part of the intestine
- talitisupper part of the intestine
Tamil சிறுகுடல்
- சிறுகுடல் (ciṟukuṭal)upper part of the intestine
Thai ลำไส้เล็ก
- ลำไส้เล็ก (lam-sâi-lék)upper part of the intestine
Turkish ince bağırsak
- ince bağırsakupper part of the intestine
Ukrainian то́нкий кише́чник
- то́нкий кише́чник (tónkyj kyšéčnyk)upper part of the intestine
Vietnamese ruột non
- ruột nonupper part of the intestine
Welsh coluddyn bach
- coluddyn bachupper part of the intestine
Cite this entry
small intestine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20intestine
“small intestine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20intestine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “small intestine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20intestine.
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