Definition: (informal, figurative) - core, fiber

Il a la tripe républicaine - He is Republican through and through / to the core

les tripes

(informal) guts

Cette nouvelle m'a pris aux tripes - That news got me right there / in the guts

rendre tripes et boyaux - to be sick as a dog

(normal register) - tripe

Related: la triperie - tripe shop / trade

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Pronunciation: [treep]