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Meaning of borborigmus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs

Definitions

A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Français borborygme

Examples

“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)”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Borborite borborygm borborygmus borborygmy Borca borcarite

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