borborigmus

التعريفات والمعاني

== English == === Alternative forms === borborygmus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/ === Noun === borborigmus (countable and uncountable, plural borborigmi) A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines. 1973: chilli 'n' trepidation were playing the devil with my small intestines and my borborigmus was often louder than the engine of the Rolls — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 94) ==== Translations ====