intestinal

From Latin intestīnālis.^[1] By surface analysis, intestine +‎ -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/, /ˌɪntɛsˈtaɪ.nəl/^[2]
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪ.nəl/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtes.tɪ.nəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪnəl, -aɪnəl

intestinal (not comparable)

1. Relating to the intestines.

   intestinal problems

2. (rare) Internal.

• instantlie

From intestí +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.təs.tiˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.tes.tiˈnal]

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intestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intestinals)

1. intestinal

• gastrointestinal

• “intestinal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “intestinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “intestinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “intestinal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From intestin +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal/

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intestinal (feminine intestinale, masculine plural intestinaux, feminine plural intestinales)

1. intestinal

• flore intestinale

• “intestinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• latinisent

From intestino +‎ -al.

intestinal m or f (plural intestinais)

1. intestinal

• gastrointestinal

• “intestinal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

• IPA^(key): /ɪntɛstiˈnaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

intestinal (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular intestinaler, not comparable)

1. intestinal

• extraintestinal
• gastrointestinal

From intestino (“intestine”, noun) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: in‧tes‧ti‧nal

intestinal m or f (plural intestinais)

1. intestinal

• gastrointestinal

• “intestinal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French intestinal.

intestinal m or n (feminine singular intestinală, masculine plural intestinali, feminine/neuter plural intestinale)

1. intestinal

From intestino +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /intestiˈnal/ [ĩn̪.t̪es.t̪iˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧tes‧ti‧nal

intestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intestinales)

1. intestinal

• “intestinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025