# intestinal
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK, US, Canada) IPA: /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/
** Audio (General American):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ɪnˈtes.tɪ.nəl/
* Rhymes: -ɪnəl, -aɪnəl

### Etymology 1

From intestine +‎ -al.

#### Adjective

intestinal (not comparable)
* Relating to the intestines.

##### Derived terms

* circumintestinal
* dorsointestinal
* gastrointestinal
* hepatointestinal
* intestinal crypt
* intestinal flora
* intestinal fortitude
* intestinal gland
* intestinally
* intestinal obstruction
* intestinointestinal
* intraintestinal
* lieno-intestinal
* lienointestinal
* nasointestinal
* nonintestinal
* panintestinal
* periintestinal
* pharyngointestinal
* postintestinal
* preintestinal
* renointestinal
* stomatointestinal
* subintestinal
* supraintestinal
* transintestinal
* ureterointestinal
* uterointestinal
* vasoactive intestinal peptide
* vasointestinal
* ventrointestinal
* vitellointestinal

##### Related terms

* intestino- (and its derivatives)

##### See also

* enter- (and its derivatives)
* enteral
* enteric
* entero- (and its derivatives)
* gut

### Etymology 2

From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).

#### Adjective

intestinal (not comparable)
* (rare) Internal.

### Anagrams

* instantlie

## Catalan
### Etymology

From intestí +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [in.təs.tiˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [in.tes.tiˈnal]

### Adjective

intestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intestinals)
* intestinal

#### Derived terms

* gastrointestinal

### Further reading

* “intestinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “intestinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “intestinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “intestinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From intestin +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Adjective

intestinal (feminine intestinale, masculine plural intestinaux, feminine plural intestinales)
* intestinal

#### Derived terms

* flore intestinale

### Further reading

* “intestinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* latinisent

## Galician
### Etymology

From intestino +‎ -al.

### Adjective

intestinal m or f (plural intestinais)
* intestinal

#### Derived terms

* gastrointestinal

### Further reading

* “intestinal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪntɛstiˈnaːl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

intestinal (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular intestinaler, not comparable)
* intestinal

#### Derived terms

* extraintestinal
* gastrointestinal

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From intestino (“intestine”, noun) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.teʃ.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [ĩ.teʃ.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈna.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: in‧tes‧ti‧nal

### Adjective

intestinal m or f (plural intestinais)
* intestinal

#### Derived terms

* gastrointestinal

### Further reading

* “intestinal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French intestinal.

### Adjective

intestinal m or n (feminine singular intestinală, masculine plural intestinali, feminine and neuter plural intestinale)
* intestinal

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From intestino +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /intestiˈnal/ [ĩn̪.t̪es.t̪iˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: in‧tes‧ti‧nal

### Adjective

intestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intestinales)
* intestinal

#### Derived terms

* gastrointestinal
* intestinalmente

### Further reading

* “intestinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10