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/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪd

Adjective

fetid (comparative more fetid, superlative most fetid)

1. Foul-smelling, stinking.

   I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.

   • 1878, Henry James, “Honoré de Balzac”, in French Poets and Novelists‎, London: Macmillan, II, p. 122:

     […] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:malodorous

Derived terms

• fetidity
• fetidly
• fetidness

Translations

foul-smelling

Arabic: نَتِن (natin) Bashkir: һаҫыҡ (haśıq) Bulgarian: вонящ (bg) (vonjašt), зловонен (bg) (zlovonen) Catalan: fètid (ca) Czech: páchnoucí (cs), smrdutý (cs), zapáchající Dutch: walmend (nl), stinkend (nl) Finnish: löyhkäävä (fi), pahanhajuinen (fi) French: fétide (fr) German: stinkend (de) Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls) Greek: δύσοσμος (el) m (dýsosmos), δυσώδης (el) m or f (dysódis) Ido: fetida (io) Italian: fetido (it) Latin: fetidus Malay: Jawi: هاڽير (of meat) Rumi: hanyir (of meat) Maori: hāruru, koeo Ottoman Turkish: آغر (ağır) Polish: cuchnący (pl) Portuguese: fétido (pt) Romanian: fetid (ro) Russian: воню́чий (ru) (vonjúčij), зловонный (ru) (zlovonnyj) Spanish: fétido (es) Swedish: stinkande (sv) Tagalog: mabaho Turkish: kokmuş (tr), kokuşmuş (tr), kokuşuk (tr)

See also

• asafoetida

Noun

fetid (plural fetids)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fétide, from Latin foetidus.

Adjective

fetid m or n (feminine singular fetidă, masculine plural fetizi, feminine and neuter plural fetide)

1. fetid

Declension

Declension of fetid

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fetid		fetidă		fetizi	fetide
	definite	fetidul		fetida		fetizii	fetidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fetid		fetide		fetizi	fetide
	definite	fetidului		fetidei		fetizilor	fetidelor

Related terms

• fetiditate