chitterlings en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [tʃɪːlɪnz] African-American Vernacular
- /ˈt͡ʃɪt.ɚ.lɪŋz/ (US)
- [ˈtʃɪt.lɪnz] African-American Vernacular
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- [ˈt͡ʃɪɾɚlɪŋz] (US)
- /ˈt͡ʃɪt.lɪnz/ (US)
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”).
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.
How fare I? troth for ſixpence a meale, wench, as well as heart can wiſh, with Calves chaldrons and chitterlings […]
1604, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, “The Honest Whore, […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume II, London: John Pearson […], published 1873, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 40:
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Translations (20)
es chunchullo (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · it frattaglie (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · es chunchulí (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · es choncholí (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · es chinchulín (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · hu belsőség (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · la lactēs (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · es chunchules (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · es chunchurria (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · es chunchuli (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · es gallinejas (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · de Innereien (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · sh svinjski rajžlec (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · hu sertésbelsőség (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · es chunchulín (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · nap capeto (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · es chinchurria (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · bg чревца (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · sh svinjska crevca (small pig intestine, boiled and fried) · fr tripes de porc (small pig intestine, boiled and fried)