chyme
/kaɪm/
chyme noun: the thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
Noun
chyme (usually uncountable, plural chymes)
chyme meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic
chyme in Tamil
- துவக்க நிலை செரிமான உணவு, ஆமம், இரைப்பைக் குழம்பு, இரைப்பைப்பாகு, இரைப்பைப் பாகு, உணவுச் செரிகலவை
chyme in Bengali
- partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
- পাকমণ্ড pakmonḍo
chyme in Tagalog
- partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
- kimo
chyme in Arabic
- partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
- كَيْمُوس kaymūs
More languagesFewer languages
- chyme in Malay
- kim
- chyme in Indonesian
- kimus
- chyme in Persian
- کیموس kimus
- chyme in Vietnamese
- nhũ chấp
Forms of chyme
| plural | chymes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | chymus |
Origin of chyme
From Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice”).
Words formed from chyme
Words that rhyme with chyme
31 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about chyme
- What does chyme mean?
- Chyme means the thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
- What is chyme in Tamil?
- Chyme in Tamil is துவக்க நிலை செரிமான உணவு, ஆமம், இரைப்பைக் குழம்பு. See Chyme meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chyme?
- Chyme is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chyme?
- Chyme is pronounced /kaɪm/.
- What is the plural of chyme?
- The plural of chyme is chymes.
Words near chyme in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chyme (page history and authors); chyme (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chyme.wav.
Cite this entry: “chyme.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chyme. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.