budello
Italian
Etymology
From Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”), possibly through Vulgar Latin *butellus. Cognate with English bowel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈdɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: bu‧dèl‧lo
Noun
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
- Synonyms: cannello, cannuccia, tubicino
- (figurative) alleyway
- Synonyms: stradina, stradella, vicolo, viuzza
- Antonyms: stradone, viale
Derived terms
- imbudellare
- riempirsi le budella
- sbudellare
- torcibudella
Related terms
- botulino
- botulismo
Descendants
- → Alemannic German: Büdel