halitosis

English

Etymology

From Latin hālitus (“whiff, breath”) +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /hæl.ɪˈtoʊs.ɪs/
• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

halitosis (countable and uncountable, plural halitoses)

1. (pathology) The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.

Translations

condition of having foul-smelling breath

• Arabic: بَخَر‏‎ m (baḵar)
• Bulgarian: лош дъх m (loš dǎh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口臭 (zh) (kǒuchòu)

• Czech: halitóza f
• Dutch: foetor ex ore
• Finnish: pahanhajuinen hengitys
• French: halitose (fr)
• German: Mundgeruch (de) m
• Hebrew: באשת‏‎
• Icelandic: andremma f, andfýla (is) f

• Italian: alitosi (it)
• Japanese: 口臭 (ja) (こうしゅう, kōshū)
• Korean: 구취 (ko) (guchwi)
• Latin: fētor ēx ōre m
• Persian: بوی بد دهان‏‎
• Polish: Cuchnący oddech
• Portuguese: halitose (pt) f
• Russian: галито́з m (galitóz), неприя́тный за́пах и́зо рта́ m (neprijátnyj zápax ízo rtá)
• Spanish: halitosis (es)
• Swedish: dålig andedräkt c, halitosis
• Telugu: నోటి దుర్వాసన (nōṭi durvāsana)

See also

• bad breath

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Spanish

Noun

halitosis f (plural halitosis)

1. halitosis