stomach

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
2. (countable, informal, uncountable) The belly.
3. (obsolete, uncountable) Pride, haughtiness.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Appetite.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Desire, appetite (for something abstract).
6. (countable, uncountable) The part of a garment that covers a person's stomach.

Verb

1. (transitive) To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be angry.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To turn the stomach of; to sicken or repel.

Synonyms

belly

abdomen

tummy

guts

digest

endure

intestines

brook

tolerate

womb

stand

abide

venter

bear

🐻

paunch

support

stick out

gut

appetite

suffer

intestine

tum

maw

put up

insides

interior

under parts

ventriculus

gizzard

be hungry

breadbasket

put up with

swallow

midriff

liver

take

desire

bide

defrost

crust

bent over

craw

craving

kidneys

connive at

condone

appetency

cardia

innards

hungriness

Translations

estomac

estómago

ventre

Magen

stomaco

maag

estômago

Bauch

pancia

estómac

στομάχι

barriga

barriga

stomachus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstʌmək/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stomak

In summary

From Middle English stomak, from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
Largely displaced native Old English maga, whence Modern English maw.