liver

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
2. (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
3. (countable, uncountable) A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.

Adj

Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).

Adj

comparative form of live: more live

live

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Lees meer

Sinonieme

heart

❤️

liver-colored

inhabitant

hepar

stomach

dweller

lungs

🫁

inmate

innards

jaundice

kidney

kidneys

belly

lung

milt

nature

pancreas

resident

tenant

valve

inner part

clicket

digestive system

indweller

lodger

burgess

burgher

clique

courage

darkness

denizen

Vertalings

foie

hígado

Leber

fegato

fígado

lever

συκώτι

fetge

karaciğer

كبد

ήπαρ

hepar

iecur

cerg

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɪvə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lyvere

Geërf van Old English: lifer

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Líeuwer

Verwante met Fries: lever

Verwante met Nederlands: lever

Verwante met Duits: Leber

Verwante met Deens: -

Verwante met Noors: -

Verwante met Sweeds: lever

Verwante met Old Norse: lifr

In summary

From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Líeuwer, Lieuwer (“liver”), West Frisian lever (“liver”), Dutch lever (“liver”), German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish lever (“liver”) (the last three from Old Norse lifr (“liver”)). Related to live.