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borborigmus

/bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/

borborigmus noun: a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.

Noun

borborigmus (countable and uncountable, plural borborigmi)

  1. 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)

Forms of borborigmus

pluralborborigmi
alternative formborborygmus

Origin of borborigmus

From Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós).

Questions about borborigmus

What does borborigmus mean?
Borborigmus means a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
What part of speech is borborigmus?
Borborigmus is a noun.
How do you pronounce borborigmus?
Borborigmus is pronounced /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/.
What is the plural of borborigmus?
The plural of borborigmus is borborigmi.

Words near borborigmus in the dictionary

  1. Borborian
  2. Borborians
  3. borborid
  4. borborids
  5. borborigmi
  6. borborigmus
  7. Borborite
  8. Borborites
  9. borborygm
  10. borborygmi
  11. borborygmic

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