flatulence

English

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Etymology

flatulent +‎ -ence, of Latin origin, ultimately flō (“breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈflætʃələn(t)s/, X-SAMPA: /"fl{tS@l@n(t)s/
• Hyphenation: flat‧u‧lence

  Rhymes: -ætʃələns

Noun

flatulence (uncountable)

1. The state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and often released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
2. The release of such gas, farting.

Usage notes

A formal Latinate term, used in medical and scientific discourse, but also euphemistically to avoid crude terms such as fart. Compare excrement.

Related terms

• See also Wikisaurus:flatulence
• afflatus

Translations

state of having gas in digestive system

Arabic: نفخ (ar) (nafkh) m., نفخة (ar) (náfkha) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 屁 (cmn) (pì), 脹氣 (cmn), 胀气 (cmn) (zhàngqì) Czech: plynatost (cs) f. Danish: fjært (da) (old-fashioned); vind (da) (medical); fis (da) (vulgar) Finnish: ilmavaivat (fi) pl. French: flatulence (fr) f. German: Flatulenz (de) f. Greek: μετεωρισμός (el) (meteo̱rismós) m. Japanese: 屁 (ja) (へ, he), 鼓腸 (ja) (こちょう, kochō)

Korean: 방귀 (ko) (banggwi) Old English: wind (ang) Old Irish: gáethamlacht f., gáethmairecht f. Portuguese: flatulência (pt) f., peido (pt) m. (vulgar), pum (pt) m. (vulgar) Russian: метеоризм (ru) (meteorízm) m., скопление газов (ru) (skoplénije gázov) n., флатуленция (ru) (flatuléncija) f. Scottish Gaelic: gaoth f., bramasag f. Spanish: flatulencia (es) f. Swahili: vimbiwa (sw)