budello
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From earlier *butello, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”), possibly through Vulgar Latin *butellus. Cognate with English bowel.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
budello m (plural (in the meaning "intestines, bowels") budella f or (all other meanings) budelli m)
- (usually in the plural) intestines, bowels, guts
- Synonym: intestino
- (also uncountable) gut (material)
- Synonym: (Tuscan) busecchia
- (figurative) thin tube
- (figurative) alleyway
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Descendants edit
- → Alemannic German: Büdel