Kidney

Definitions

1. A surname from Irish.
2. An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
3. This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.
4. Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people)
   dated, figuratively
5. A waiter.
   obsolete, slang

Equivalents

77 more languages

Afrikaansnier

አማርኛኩላሊት

العربيةالكليّةكلية

Azərbaycan diliböyrək

Беларускаянырка

Българскибъбрекбъбреци

বাংলাকিডনিবৃক্ক

བོད་སྐད།མཁལ་རིལ

BosanskibubregrenreneRimбубрег+ 2 more

Catalàronyó

Češtinaledvinaledvinkyledvinový

Cymraegaren

Dansknyre

Ελληνικάνεφρό

Esperantoreno

Eestineer

Euskaragiltzurrun

Suomimunaskuumunuainen

Gaeilgeduan

Gàidhligdubhag

Galegocadrilrenrilrinle+ 1 more

Hausaƙoda

עבריתכליה

हिन्दीगुर्दा

HrvatskibubregrenreneRimбубрег+ 2 more

Magyarvese

Հայերեներիկամ

Bahasa Indonesiabuah pinggangginjal

Íslenskanýra

Italianorenerognone

日本語腎腎臓

ქართულითირკმელიჭაჭა

Қазақ тілібүйрек

ភាសាខ្មែរតម្រងនោមតម្រងមូត្រវក្កំ

한국어신장콩팥

Kurdîarençatrîlrim+ 1 more

Кыргызчабөйрөк

Latinarenrenio

LëtzebuergeschNier

ລາວໝາກໄຂ່ຫຼັງໄຕ

Lietuviųinkstas

Latviešuniere

Malagasyvoa

Te Reo Māoritākihi

Македонскибубрег

മലയാളംതുനിവൃക്ക

Монголбөөр

Bahasa Melayubuah pinggangginjalkerinjal

Maltikilwa

မြန်မာကျောက်ကပ်

Nederlandsnier

Polskicynaderkacynadranerkanerkowy+ 1 more

Portuguêsrim

Românărinichi

Русскийпочкапочки

Slovenčinaľadvinaoblička

Slovenščinaledvica

ChiShonaitsvosvotsvo

Shqiprrâniveshkë

СрпскиbubregrenreneRimбубрег+ 2 more

Sesothophio

Svenskanjure

Kiswahilifigo

தமிழ்குண்டிக்காய்சிறுநீரகம்

తెలుగుమూత్రపిండము

Тоҷикӣгурда

ไทยวักกะเซ่งจี๊เซี่ยงจี๊ไต+ 1 more

Türkmençeböwrek

Tagalogbato

Setswanaphilo

Türkçeböbrek

ئۇيغۇرچەبۆرەك

Українськанирка

اردوگردہ

O'zbekchabuyrak

Tiếng Việtcậtcátthan

Wolofroño

Examples

“The liver and the kidneys of animals have⟳ long been gastronomically popular for their aphrodisiac properties.”

“An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.”

“[…] think⟳ of that, – a man of my kidney, – think⟳ of that, […]”

“Millions in the World of this Man's Kidney”

“30th June, 1788, Robert Burns, letter to Mr Robert Ainslie Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend⟳, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence.”

“I shall not want⟳ Honour in Heaven For I shall meet⟳ Sir Philip Sidney And have⟳ talk⟳ with Coriolanus And other heroes of that kidney.”

“I once more desire my readers to consider⟳ that as I cannot keep⟳ an ingenious man to go daily to Will's under twopence each day merely for his charges, to White's under sixpence, nor to the Grecian without allowing him some plain Spanish, to be as able as others at the learned table; and that a good observer cannot speak⟳ with even Kidney at St. James's without clean⟳ linen; […]”

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