fecal

See also: fécal

English

Alternative forms

• faecal (UK)
• fæcal (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːkəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

fecal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to feces.

Derived terms

• fecal matter
• fecal transplant
• fecally

Synonyms

• stercoraceous

Translations

of or relating to feces

• Catalan: fecal (ca)
• Czech: fekální (cs)
• Dutch: fecaal (nl)
• French: fécal (fr)
• Galician: fecal
• German: fäkal
• Greek: περιττωματικός (el) (perittomatikós)
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• Ido: fekala (io)
• Polish: fekalny (pl), kałowy (pl)
• Portuguese: fecal (pt)
• Russian: фека́льный (ru) (fekálʹnyj), ка́ловый (ru) (kálovyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: fekalni (sh) m, фекални m (fekalni)
• Spanish: fecal (es)

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Interlingua

Adjective

fecal (not comparable)

1. fecal

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Middle French

Adjective

fecal m (feminine singular fecale, masculine plural fecaulx, feminine plural fecales)

1. fecal

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈkaw/ [feˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈkal/ [fɨˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈkal/ [fɨˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈka.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: fe‧cal

Adjective

fecal m or f (plural fecais, not comparable)

1. fecal (relating to feces)

Related terms

• fezes

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Romanian

Etymology

From French fécal.

Adjective

fecal m or n (feminine singular fecală, masculine plural fecali, feminine and neuter plural fecale)

1. fecal

Declension

Declension of fecal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fecal		fecală	fecali	fecale
	definite	fecalul		fecala	fecalii	fecalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fecal		fecale	fecali	fecale
	definite	fecalului		fecalei	fecalilor	fecalelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈkal/ [feˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

fecal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fecales)

1. fecal

Derived terms

• materia fecal

 

Further reading

• “fecal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014