English Explanatory Dictionary

chitterlings

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.
noun
  1. plural of chitterling

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɪt.ɚ.lɪŋz/ [ˈt͡ʃɪɾɚlɪŋz] /ˈt͡ʃɪt.lɪnz/ [ˈtʃɪt.lɪnz] [tʃɪːlɪnz] EN-chitlins.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-chitterlings.wav

Word forms

chitterlings

Etymology

From Middle English cheterlingis, chitterling, chitterlynge, chytyrlynge, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kūtiz, *kut-, from Proto-Indo-European *gud-, *gewd- (“intestine, gut”), from *gʷu-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, bow, camber, vault, distend”). Compare Middle Low German kǖtel (“entrails, tripe”), German Kutteln (“tripe”) and Scots kyte (“belly, stomach”). Compare also Icelandic kviður (“stomach”).

Synonyms

chitlins chitlings

Related words

tripe
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