pungency

English

Etymology

pungent +‎ -cy

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpʌndʒənsi/

Noun

pungency (countable and uncountable, plural pungencies)

The state of being pungent.
A foul odor.

Synonyms

pungence

Related terms

Translations

state of being pungent

Finnish: löyhkääminen (fi); kirpeys (fi); kitkeryys (fi); pistävyys; kärkevyys (fi); terävyys (fi)

foul odor

Crimean Tatar: sasıq
Czech: smrad (cs) m
Dutch: stank (nl) m, stank (nl) m
Finnish: löyhkä (fi), haju (fi)
French: puanteur (fr) f
German: Gestank (de) m
Hungarian: bűz (hu)
Italian: puzza (it) f, fetore (it) m

Japanese: 悪臭 (ja) (akushū)
Latin: paedor m
Portuguese: fedor (pt)
Russian: вонь (ru) f (vonʹ)
Sicilian: fetu (scn)
Spanish: tufo (es) m, hedor (es) m, peste (es) f, hediondez (es) f, fetidez (es) f, tufarada (es) f
Swedish: stank (sv)
Turkish: koku (tr)

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