fetor
English
Alternative forms
- fœtor
Etymology
From Latin fētor.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfiː.tə/, /ˈfiː.tɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfi.təɹ/, /ˈfi.tɔɹ/
- Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ), -iːtɔː(ɹ)
Noun
fetor (countable and uncountable, plural fetors)
- An unpleasant smell.
- 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 39:
- Heʼd thrown rancid meat in a fire to fill the woods with the ripe fetor of death.
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Synonyms
- stench
- stink
Translations
An unpleasant smell
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Anagrams
- Foret, Forte, forte, frote, ofter
Indonesian
Etymology
From Portuguese feitor, from Latin factor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfe.t̪ɔr]
- Hyphenation: fétor
Noun
fétor (first-person possessive fetorku, second-person possessive fetormu, third-person possessive fetornya)
- (East Nusa Tenggara) village head.
- (East Nusa Tenggara) chieftain.
- (East Nusa Tenggara, Atoni) noble.
- Synonym: bangsawan
Further reading
- “fetor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Alternative forms
- foetor
Etymology
From fēteō (“to stink, smell bad”) + -or.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeː.tor/, [ˈfeːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.tor/, [ˈfɛːt̪or]
Noun
fētor m (genitive fētōris); third declension
- stench, stink, bad smell
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fētor | fētōrēs |
| Genitive | fētōris | fētōrum |
| Dative | fētōrī | fētōribus |
| Accusative | fētōrem | fētōrēs |
| Ablative | fētōre | fētōribus |
| Vocative | fētor | fētōrēs |
Related terms
- fētidus
Descendants
- Catalan: fetor
- English: fetor, foetor
- Esperanto: fetoro
- Italian: fetore
- Old French: feteur
- Galician: fedor
- Polish: fetor
- Portuguese: fedor
- Sicilian: fetu
- Spanish: hedor, fetor
Verb
fētor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of fētō
References
- “fetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fetor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Polish
Etymology
From Latin fetor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.tɔr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtɔr
- Syllabification: fe‧tor
Noun
fetor m inan (diminutive fetorek)
- fetor
- Synonym: smród
Declension
Declension of fetor
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fetor | fetory |
| genitive | fetoru | fetorów |
| dative | fetorowi | fetorom |
| accusative | fetor | fetory |
| instrumental | fetorem | fetorami |
| locative | fetorze | fetorach |
| vocative | fetorze | fetory |
Further reading
- fetor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fetor in Polish dictionaries at PWN