fetid

See also: fètid

English

Alternative forms

foetid
fœtid (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtɪd/
Rhymes: -ɛtɪd
Homophones: feted, fêted (one pronunciation)

Adjective

fetid (comparative more fetid, superlative most fetid)

Foul-smelling, stinking.
I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:malodorous

Translations

foul-smelling

Bashkir: һаҫыҡ (haθïq)
Bulgarian: вонящ (bg) (vonjašt), зловонен (bg) (zlovonen)
Catalan: fètid (ca)
Dutch: walmend (nl), stinkend (nl)
French: fétide (fr)
German: stinkend (de)
Greek: δύσοσμος (el) m (dýsosmos), δυσώδης (el) m or f (dysódis)
Ido: fetida (io)
Latin: fetidus
Malay:
Jawi: هاڽير‎ (of meat)

Rumi: hanyir (of meat)

Maori: hāruru, koeo
Polish: cuchnący (pl)
Portuguese: fétido (pt)
Romanian: fetid (ro)
Russian: воню́чий (ru) (vonjúčij), зловонный (ru) (zlovonnyj)
Spanish: fétido (es)
Swedish: stinkande (sv)
Tagalog: mabaho

See also

asafoetida

Noun

fetid (plural fetids)

(rare) The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.

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