borborygmus

English

Alternative forms

• borborigmus

Etymology

From New Latin borborygmus, from Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós), of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/

Noun

borborygmus (plural borborygmi)

1. A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.

   Synonym: borborygm

2. (figurative) Something resembling borborygmus.
   • 1991, Rebecca Goldstein, The Dark Sister, Penguin Books, published 1993, page 36:

     Finally, the emotional borborygmus subsiding, she produced, at last, the words: "It is said 'Bonnet.' As the hat which is tied beneath the chin."

Derived terms

• borborygmic

 

Translations

the rumbling sounds in the intestines

• Catalan: borborigme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腸鳴音 / 肠鸣音 (chángmíngyīn)

• French: borborygme (fr) m
• Galician: borborigmo m
• German: Darmgeräusch n, Bauchknurren n, Magenknurren (de) n
• Hungarian: borborigmus
• Ido: borborigmo (io)
• Irish: geonaíl f
• Italian: borborigmo m
• Japanese: 腹鳴 (fukumei)
• Russian: урча́ние в животе́ n (určánije v životé)
• Spanish: borborigmo (es) m
• Swedish: kurr (sv) n

Further reading

• “borborygmus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• stomach rumble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia