boiel
Old French
Alternative forms
- boel, bouel, boial, bouyau, boyel
Etymology
From Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus.
Noun
boiel m (oblique plural boieus, nominative singular boieus, nominative plural boiel)
- bowel (part of the digestive system between the stomach and the anus)
Descendants
- Middle French: bouel
- French: boyau
- → English: bowel