putrid

English

Etymology

From Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from pūtreō (“I am rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpju.tɹɪd/ X-SAMPA: /"pju.tr\Id/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpju.tɹɛd/ X-SAMPA: /"pju.tr\Ed/

Adjective

putrid (comparative more putrid, superlative most putrid)

1. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
2. of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
3. Vile, disgusting.
4. morally corrupt
5. totally objectionable

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "putrid" is often applied: smell, odor, flesh, matter, meat.

Synonyms

• malodorous

Related terms

• putrefaction
• putrescent
• putrify
• putrescence

Translations

rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction

• Catalan: pútrid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腐爛的 (cmn), 腐烂的 (cmn) (fǔlàn de), 腐敗的 (cmn), 腐败的 (cmn) (fǔbài de)

• Dutch: verderfelijk (nl),rottend (nl)
• Finnish: mätä (fi)
• French: putride (fr)
• Hungarian: rothadt (hu), rothadó (hu)

• German: verfault (de), verdorben (de), übelriechend (de), faulig (de)
• Greek: σάπιος (el) (sápios)
• Japanese: 腐敗した (ja) (ふはいした, fuhai shita)
• Maori: ero (mi), piro (mi)
• Romanian: putred (ro)
• Russian: гниющий (ru) (gnijúščij) (rotting), гнилой (ru) (gnilój) (rotten)

See also

• rotten
• foul
• odor

Anagrams

• turpid

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin putridus. Compare Daco-Romanian putred.

Adjective

putrid

1. rotten