noun · countable / uncountable · rare

offal

offal · offals

потроха, требуха

Innereien

The internal organs of an animal, used as foodThe internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.

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/ˈɒfəl/

» I like grilled offals!

Я люблю обжаренные потроха!

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.
Innereien
потроха́potroxá, требуха́trebuxá, потроха́potroxá
(countable, uncountable)A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc.
(countable, uncountable)A dead body; carrion.
(countable, uncountable)That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.

More definitions

viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans

Examples

3 sentences

I like grilled offals!
ruЯ люблю обжаренные потроха!
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In Mary's butcher shop, you can also find an offal shop.
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Everything from the ox is used: the meat, the offal, the hide, the horns, the manure — absolutely everything.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

rejected parts of an animal:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

animal's organs as food:

Origin

From Middle English offal, offall, offalle (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), equivalent to o

From Middle English offal, offall, offalle (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), equivalent to off- + fall. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oufal (“offal”), West Frisian ôffal (“offal”), Dutch afval (“waste, refuse”), German Low German Offall (“offal”), German Abfall (“waste, refuse”), Danish affald (“waste, refuse”), Swedish avfall (“waste, refuse”), Old English offeallan (“to cut off”).

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