offal

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The internal organs of an animal, used as food.
2. A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc.
3. A dead body; carrion.
4. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɒfl̩/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English offal, offall, offalle (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), equivalent to off- + fall. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oufal (“offal”), West Frisian ôffal (“offal”), Dutch afval (“waste, refuse”), German Low German Offall (“offal”), German Abfall (“waste, refuse”), Danish affald (“waste, refuse”), Swedish avfall (“waste, refuse”), Old English offeallan (“to cut off”).