tripe

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possibly borrowed from Spanish tripa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɹaɪp/ Rhymes: -aɪp === Noun === tripe (usually uncountable, plural tripes) The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food. Coordinate term: chitterlings (chiefly in the plural) The entrails; (by extension, humorous or derogatory) the belly. quoted in 2013, W. T. Fernie, Animal Simples: Approved for Modern Uses of Cure (page 352) Next morning Miss Dolly complained of her Tripes; / Drinking cold water had given her gripes. (figurative, derogatory) Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television). An edible lichen, especially rock tripe. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === tripe (derogatory) That (what has just been said) is untrue. === Anagrams === Pitre, petri, re-tip, retip == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French tripe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁip/ === Noun === tripe f (plural tripes) tripe ==== Derived terms ==== tripal === Further reading === “tripe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === tripe inflection of tripar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tryp, trype === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French tripe; further etymology is uncertain (compare Italian trippa, Spanish tripa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtriːp(ə)/ === Noun === tripe (plural tripes) A portion of a creature's entrails or organs (often as food). ==== Descendants ==== English: tripe Scots: tripe ==== References ==== “trīpe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 September 2018. == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French tripe (“entrails”). === Noun === tripe f (uncountable) (Jersey) tripe == Portuguese == === Verb === tripe inflection of tripar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative