fetor

English

Alternative forms

• fœtor

Etymology

From Latin fētor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.tə/, /ˈfiː.tɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.təɹ/, /ˈfi.tɔɹ/
• Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ), -iːtɔː(ɹ)

Noun

fetor (countable and uncountable, plural fetors)

1. An unpleasant smell.
   • 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 39:

     Heʼd thrown rancid meat in a fire to fill the woods with the ripe fetor of death.

Synonyms

• stench
• stink

Translations

An unpleasant smell

• Bulgarian: зловоние (bg) n (zlovonie)
• Portuguese: fedor (pt) m

Anagrams

• Foret, Forte, forte, frote, ofter

Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese feitor, from Latin factor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfe.t̪ɔr]
• Hyphenation: fétor

Noun

fétor (first-person possessive fetorku, second-person possessive fetormu, third-person possessive fetornya)

1. (East Nusa Tenggara) village head.
2. (East Nusa Tenggara) chieftain.
3. (East Nusa Tenggara, Atoni) noble.

   Synonym: bangsawan

4. factor, overseer

Further reading

• “fetor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

• foetor

Etymology

From fēteō (“to stink, smell bad”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.tor/, [ˈfeːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.tor/, [ˈfɛːt̪or]

Noun

fētor m (genitive fētōris); third declension

1. stench, stink, bad smell, fetidness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fētor	fētōrēs
Genitive	fētōris	fētōrum
Dative	fētōrī	fētōribus
Accusative	fētōrem	fētōrēs
Ablative	fētōre	fētōribus
Vocative	fētor	fētōrēs

Related terms

• fētidus

Descendants

• Asturian: fedor
• Catalan: fetor
• English: fetor, foetor
• Esperanto: fetoro
• Italian: fetore
• Old French: feteur
• Galician: fedor
• Polish: fetor
• Portuguese: fedor
• Sicilian: fetu
• Spanish: hedor, fetor

Verb

fētor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of fētō

References

• “fetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fetor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin fetor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɔr
• Syllabification: fe‧tor

Noun

fetor m inan (diminutive fetorek)

1. fetor

   Synonym: smród

Declension

Declension of fetor

	singular	plural
nominative	fetor	fetory
genitive	fetoru	fetorów
dative	fetorowi	fetorom
accusative	fetor	fetory
instrumental	fetorem	fetorami
locative	fetorze	fetorach
vocative	fetorze	fetory

Further reading

• fetor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fetor in Polish dictionaries at PWN