innards

English

Etymology

Alteration of inwards.

Pronunciation

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Noun

innards

1. plural of innard

Noun

innards pl (plural only)

1. The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.
   • 1970, “Walpurgis (older version of War Pigs)”, in Geezer Butler (lyrics), Paranoid, performed by Black Sabbath:

     It's the place for all black sinners. / Watch them eating dead rat's innards.

2. The inner workings of something; the insides or guts.

   He took the cover off his computer and looked at the innards.

Usage notes

• This word is most frequently used in the plural / collective sense, as above.

Translations

internal organs

• Bulgarian: вътрешности (bg) f pl (vǎtrešnosti)
• Dutch: ingewanden (nl) pl
• Egyptian: (mẖtw)
• Finnish: sisälmykset (fi) pl (viscera); sisäelimet (fi) pl (other than viscera: liver, lungs etc.)
• French: abbats (fr) m pl
• Greek:

  Ancient: σπλάγχνα n pl (splánkhna), ἔγκατα n pl (énkata)

• Ingrian: syänriissat
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງໃນ (khư̄ang nai)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innvoller m pl

  Nynorsk: innvolar m pl

• Polish: bebechy (pl) m pl
• Shan: ၶူင်းၼႂ်း (shn) (khúung náue)
• Swedish: inälvor (sv) c pl, inkråm n
• Thai: เครื่องใน (th) (krʉ̂ʉang-nai)

inner workings

• Bulgarian: чаркове (bg) m pl (čarkove)
• Finnish: sisuskalut pl
• Polish: bebechy (pl) m pl
• Swedish: innanmäte (sv) n