maw

Signification (Anglais)

1. The stomach, especially of an animal.
2. The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature.
3. (slang) The mouth.
4. Any large, insatiable or perilous opening.
5. Appetite; inclination.
6. The swim bladder of a fish, especially when used as food in Chinese cuisine.

Concepts

gueule

gouffre

abomasum

caillette

piège

🪤

trou

🕳️

maw

estomac

jabot

pharynx

Synonymes

abomasum

mouth

gullet

trap

🪤

throat

stomach

gob

muzzle

cakehole

pharynx

hole

🕳️

jaws

crop

tunnel

yap

abyss

womb

upper respiratory tract

upper airway

stoma

crop of a bird

maw seed

oral fissure

station throat

rennet-bag

reed tripe

belly

chasm

divide

fauces

gab

gorge

gulf

gut

mouthpiece

mug

neck

neckband

ravine

scrag

tummy

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɔː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mawe

Hérité de ancien anglais: maga

Appartenant à frison occidental: mage

Appartenant à néerlandais: maag

Appartenant à allemand: Magen

Appartenant à danois: mave

Appartenant à norvégien: mage

Appartenant à suédois: mage

Appartenant à gallois: megin

Appartenant à russe: мошна́

Appartenant à lituanien: mãkas

Appartenant à finnois: maha

Appartenant à estonien: magu

Appartenant à norvégien: måke

In summary

From Middle English mawe, maghe, maȝe, from Old English maga (“stomach; maw”), from Proto-West Germanic *magō, from Proto-Germanic *magô (“belly; stomach”), from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, bellows, belly”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian mage, Dutch maag (“stomach; belly”), German Low German Maag, German Magen (“stomach”), Danish mave,
Norwegian mage (“stomach”), Swedish mage (“stomach; belly”), and also with Welsh megin (“bellows”), archaic Russian мошна́ (mošná, “pocket, bag”), Lithuanian mãkas (“purse”), Finnish maha (“stomach”), Estonian magu (“stomach”).