fetid

English

Etymology

From the Latin adjective, fetidus (“having offensive odour”) (often incorrectly foetidus, giving rise to the variant spelling), originally feteo (“to stink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɛtɪd/

Adjective

fetid (comparative more fetid, superlative most fetid)

1. Foul-smelling, Stinking.

   I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:malodorous

Translations

Foul-smelling

• Bulgarian: вонящ (bg) (vonjašt), зловонен (bg) (zlovonen)
• Dutch: walmend (nl)
• French: fétide (fr)
• Greek: δύσοσμος (el) (dýsosmos) m, δυσώδης (el) (dýsodis) m and f
• Malay:

  Rumi: hanyir (ms) (of meat)

  Jawi: هاڽير (ms) (of meat)

• Polish: cuchnący (pl)
• Portuguese: fétido (pt)
• Romanian: fetid (ro)
• Russian: вонючий (ru) (vonjučij), зловонный (ru) (zlovonnyj)

Noun

fetid (plural fetids)

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