sweetbread

See also: sweet bread

English

Cooked sweetbread encrusted with chufa

Etymology

Apparently from sweet +‎ bread, though the reason is not immediately evident.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈswiːtbɹɛd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈswitˌbɹɛd/
Audio (GA) (file)
Hyphenation: sweet‧bread

Noun

sweetbread (plural sweetbreads)

The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.

Synonyms

(pancreas): belly sweetbread, gutbread, heart sweetbread, stomach sweetbread
(thymus gland): gullet sweetbread, neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread

Translations

pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food

Dutch: (thymus) zwezerik (nl) m
Finnish: haima (fi) (pancreas), kateenkorva (fi) (thymus)
French: (pancreas/thymus gland of calf/lamb) ris (fr) m
Galician: molexa f
German: (thymus gland of a calf) Kalbsbries (de) n, Kalbsmilch f
Greek: γλυκάδι (el) n (glykádi)
Irish: briseán m, briseán milis m
Italian: (in the plural) animelle f pl

Japanese: シビレ (shibire)
Navajo: alohkʼeʼ
Norman: brie f
Portuguese: moleja (pt) f
Romanian: momite f pl
Russian: сла́дкое мя́со n (sládkoje mjáso), поджелу́дочная железа́ f (podželúdočnaja železá) (pancreas)
Serbo-Croatian: brizla (sh)
Spanish: molleja (es) f, lechecilla f

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German: (Switzerland) ^{(please verify)} Milken

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