putrid

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Old French putride, from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“I am rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpju.tɹɪd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpju.tɹɛd/

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Adjective

putrid (comparative more putrid, superlative most putrid)

1. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
3. Vile, disgusting.
4. Morally corrupt
5. Totally objectionable

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "putrid" is often applied: smell, odor, flesh, matter, meat.

Synonyms

• malodorous

Derived terms

• putrid fever
• putrid sore throat

 

Translations

rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction

• Catalan: pútrid
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腐爛的／腐烂的 (zh), 腐烂的 (zh) (fǔlàn de), 腐敗的／腐败的 (zh), 腐败的 (zh) (fǔbài de)

• Dutch: verderfelijk (nl),rottend (nl)
• Finnish: mätä (fi)
• French: putride (fr)
• German: verfault (de), verdorben (de), übelriechend, faulig (de)
• Greek: σάπιος (el) (sápios)

  Ancient: σαπρός (saprós)

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• Hungarian: rothadt (hu), rothadó (hu)
• Ido: putranta, putrinta (io)
• Japanese: 腐敗した (ja) (ふはいした, fuhai shita)
• Latin: puter m
• Maori: ero, piro, kerakera, pīhonga, pirau, kōhangohango
• Portuguese: pútrido (pt)
• Romanian: putred (ro)
• Russian: гнию́щий (ru) (gnijúščij) (rotting), гнило́й (ru) (gnilój) (rotten)

See also

• rotten
• foul
• odor

Anagrams

• turpid

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• putridu, prutid, prudit

Etymology

From Latin putridus. Compare Romanian putred.

Adjective

putrid m (feminine singular putridã, masculine plural putridz, feminine plural putridi or putride)

1. rotten, putrid, decayed, spoiled

Derived terms

• putridzãscu
• putridzãnji

See also

• ciuruc