"fetid" meaning in English

See fetid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɛtɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fetid.wav Forms: more fetid [comparative], most fetid [superlative], foetid [alternative], fœtid [alternative, archaic]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪd Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fēteō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin fētidusbor. English fetid Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|la:fētidus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin fēteō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin fētidusbor. English fetid, {{bor+|en|la|fētidus||having offensive odour}} Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} fetid (comparative more fetid, superlative most fetid)
  1. Foul-smelling, stinking. Translations (foul-smelling): نَتِن (natin) (Arabic), һаҫыҡ (haśıq) (Bashkir), вонящ (vonjašt) (Bulgarian), зловонен (zlovonen) (Bulgarian), fètid (Catalan), páchnoucí (Czech), smrdutý (Czech), zapáchající (Czech), walmend (Dutch), stinkend (Dutch), löyhkäävä (Finnish), pahanhajuinen (Finnish), fétide (French), stinkend (German), 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls) (Gothic), δύσοσμος (dýsosmos) [masculine] (Greek), δυσώδης (dysódis) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), bűzös [singular] (Hungarian), fetida (Ido), fetido (Italian), fetidus (Latin), هاڽير (note: of meat) [Jawi] (Malay), hanyir (note: of meat) [Rumi] (Malay), hāruru (Māori), koeo (Māori), آغر (ağır) (Ottoman Turkish), cuchnący (Polish), fétido (Portuguese), fetid (Romanian), воню́чий (vonjúčij) (Russian), зловонный (zlovonnyj) (Russian), смрадный (smradnyj) (Russian), fétido (Spanish), stinkande (Swedish), mabaho (Tagalog), kokmuş (Turkish), kokuşmuş (Turkish), kokuşuk (Turkish)
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  2. (dated, slang) Unpleasant. Tags: dated, slang
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fetidity, fetidly, fetidness, fetid sweat Related terms: asafoetida

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛtɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fetid.wav Forms: fetids [plural], foetid [alternative], fœtid [alternative, archaic]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪd Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fēteō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin fētidusbor. English fetid Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|la:fētidus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin fēteō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin fētidusbor. English fetid, {{bor+|en|la|fētidus||having offensive odour}} Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fetid (plural fetids)
  1. (rare) The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts. Tags: rare
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Alternative forms

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