fetid

See also: fètid

English

Alternative forms

• foetid
• fœtid (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪd
• Homophones: feted, fêted (one pronunciation)

Adjective

fetid (comparative more fetid, superlative most fetid)

1. Foul-smelling, stinking.

   I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:malodorous

Translations

foul-smelling

• Bashkir: һаҫыҡ (haśıq)
• Bulgarian: вонящ (bg) (vonjašt), зловонен (bg) (zlovonen)
• Catalan: fètid (ca)
• Dutch: walmend (nl), stinkend (nl)
• Finnish: löyhkäävä (fi), pahanhajuinen (fi)
• French: fétide (fr)
• German: stinkend (de)
• Greek: δύσοσμος (el) m (dýsosmos), δυσώδης (el) m or f (dysódis)
• Ido: fetida (io)
• Latin: fetidus
• Malay:

  Jawi: هاڽير (of meat)

  Rumi: hanyir (of meat)

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• Maori: hāruru, koeo
• Polish: cuchnący (pl)
• Portuguese: fétido (pt)
• Romanian: fetid (ro)
• Russian: воню́чий (ru) (vonjúčij), зловонный (ru) (zlovonnyj)
• Spanish: fétido (es)
• Swedish: stinkande (sv)
• Tagalog: mabaho

See also

• asafoetida

Noun

fetid (plural fetids)

1. (rare) The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.