fèces

See also: feces

French

Alternative forms

• fæces

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faeces.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛs/
• Homophones: fesse, fesses

Noun

fèces f pl (plural only)

1. (medicine, plural only) Faeces.
2. (pharmacy, archaic, plural only) Sediments depositing in a container of murky or cloudy liquid.

Related terms

• fécal

See also

• excrément

Further reading

• “fèces”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.