fedor

See also: Fedor

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1370. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin fētor, fētōrem. Cognate with Portuguese fedor and Spanish hedor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feˈðoɾ]

Noun

fedor m (plural fedores)

1. stench
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 412:

     Et o fedor era tamaño et tã perigooso que nõ ha home que o sofrer podesse, nẽ sse alý podesse achegar, mẽtre alý aqueles corpos ardíã.

     And the stench was so big and so dangerous that there were no man that could stand it, nor that could come closer, while that bodies were burning there

   Synonym: cheiro

Derived terms

• fedorento

Related terms

• feder

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fedor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fedor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fedor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fedor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fedor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fedô (Brazil, pronunciation spelling, misspelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fedor, from Latin fētor, fētōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈdoʁ/ [feˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈdoʁ/ [feˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /feˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /feˈdoʁ/ [feˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈdoɾ/ [fɨˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈdoɾ/ [fɨˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈdo.ɾi/ [fɨˈðo.ɾi]

• IPA^(key): /fe.ˈdoɻ/
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: fe‧dor

Noun

fedor m (plural fedores)

1. stench (a strong foul smell, a stink)

   Synonyms: mau-cheiro, (Brazil) catinga, futum, (Minho) malina, morrinha

   Antonyms: aroma, fragrância

Hypernyms

• cheiro, odor

Related terms

• fedegoso
• fedelho
• fedentina
• feder

• fedido
• fedorento
• fetidez
• fétido