putrefaction

See also: putréfaction

English

Etymology

First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English putrefaccioun, from Old French putrefaccïon, from Latin putrefactiō, from putrefactus, perfect passive participle of putrefaciō (“become rotten”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpjuːtɹəˈfækʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

putrefaction (countable and uncountable, plural putrefactions)

1. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
2. Rotten material.
3. The state of being rotten.

Related terms

• putrescent
• putrefactive
• putrefacient
• putrefy
• putrid

Translations

the act of causing to rot

• Bulgarian: гниене (bg) n (gniene)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腐敗／腐败 (zh) (fǔbài)

• Dutch: verrotting (nl) f
• Finnish: mädätys (fi), mädättäminen (fi), mädännyttäminen
• French: putréfaction (fr) f
• Galician: putrefacción (gl) m
• German: Fäulnis (de) f, Verwesung (de) f, Verrottung f, Zersetzung (de) f, Putrefaktion f, Putreszenz f, Verjauchung f
• Greek: σήψη (el) f (sípsi), αποσύνθεση (el) f (aposýnthesi), σάπισμα (el) n (sápisma)

  Ancient: σῆψις f (sêpsis)

• Ido: putro (io)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Fuulnis f

• Portuguese: putrefação (pt) f
• Romanian: putrefacție (ro) f, putreziciune (ro) f
• Swedish: förruttnelse (sv) c

rotted material

• Bulgarian: гнилоч (bg) f (gniloč)
• Finnish: mätä (fi)
• Galician: podremia f, podrén f, podredume f
• Latin: tābēs f
• Russian: гниль (ru) f (gnilʹ), гнильё (ru) n (gnilʹjó)

the state of being rotted

• Bulgarian: гнилост (bg) f (gnilost)
• Finnish: mädäntyminen (fi), mätäneminen (fi)
• Maori: whakaeronga
• Russian: гние́ние (ru) n (gnijénije)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin putrefactiō.

Noun

putrefaction oblique singular, f (oblique plural putrefactions, nominative singular putrefaction, nominative plural putrefactions)

1. (medicine) rot; rottenness