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Meaning of Kidney | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈkɪdni

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Afrikaans nier

አማርኛ ኩላሊት

العربية الكليّة كلية

Azərbaycanca böyrək

Беларуская нырка

Български бъбрек бъбреци

বাংলা কিডনি বৃক্ক

བོད་སྐད མཁལ་རིལ

Bosanski bubreg ren rene бубрег

Català ronyó

Čeština ledvina ledvinky ledvinový

Cymraeg aren

Dansk nyre

Deutsch Niere Ren

Ελληνικά νεφρό

Esperanto reno

Español riñón

Eesti neer

Euskara giltzurrun

Suomi munaskuu munuainen

Français rein rognon

Gaeilge duan

Gàidhlig dubhag

Galego cadril ren ril rinle

Hausa ƙoda

עברית כליה

हिन्दी गुर्दा

Hrvatski bubreg ren rene бубрег

Magyar vese

Հայերեն երիկամ

Bahasa Indonesia buah pinggang ginjal

Íslenska nýra

Italiano rene rognone

日本語腎腎臓

ქართული თირკმელი ჭაჭა

Қазақша бүйрек

ខ្មែរ តម្រងនោម តម្រងមូត្រ វក្កំ

한국어 신장 콩팥

Kurdî aren çat rîl rim

Кыргызча бөйрөк

Latina ren

Lëtzebuergesch Nier

ລາວ ໝາກໄຂ່ຫຼັງ ໄຕ

Lietuvių inkstas

Latviešu niere

Malagasy voa

Te Reo Māori tākihi

Македонски бубрег

മലയാളം തുനി വൃക്ക

Монгол бөөр

Bahasa Melayu buah pinggang ginjal kerinjal

Malti kilwa

မြန်မာဘာသာ ကျောက်ကပ်

Nederlands nier

Polski cynaderka cynadra nerka nerkowy

Português rim

Română rinichi

Русский почка почки

Slovenčina ľadvina oblička

Slovenščina ledvica

ChiShona itsvo svo tsvo

Shqip rrâni veshkë

Српски bubreg ren rene бубрег

Svenska njure

Kiswahili figo

தமிழ் குண்டிக்காய் சிறுநீரகம்

తెలుగు మూత్రపిండము

Тоҷикӣ гурда

ไทย วักกะ เซ่งจี๊ เซี่ยงจี๊ ไต

Türkmençe böwrek

Tagalog bato

Türkçe böbrek

ئۇيغۇرچە بۆرەك

Українська нирка

اردو گردہ

Oʻzbekcha buyrak

Tiếng Việt cật cát than

Wolof roño

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; […]”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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