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Meaning of "fetid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FETID

From Latin fētidus, from fētēre to stink; related to fūmus smoke.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FETID

fetid  [ˈfɛtɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FETID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fetid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FETID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fetid

Odor

An odor or odour or fragrance is caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds, generally at a very low concentration, that humans or other animals perceive by the sense of olfaction. Odors are also commonly called scents, which can refer to both pleasant and unpleasant odors. The terms fragrance and aroma are used primarily by the food and cosmetic industry to describe a pleasant odor, and are sometimes used to refer to perfumes. In contrast, malodor, stench, reek, and stink are used specifically to describe unpleasant odor. In the United Kingdom, odour refers to scents in general. In the United States, odor has a more negative connotation, such as smell, stench or stink, while scent or aroma are used for pleasant smells.

Definition of fetid in the English dictionary

The definition of fetid in the dictionary is having a stale nauseating smell, as of decay.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FETID


addebted
əˈdɛtɪd
coroneted
ˌkɒrəˈnɛtɪd
debted
ˈdɛtɪd
foetid
ˈfɛtɪd
fretted
ˈfrɛtɪd
indebted
ɪnˈdɛtɪd
interfretted
ˌɪntəˈfrɛtɪd
minareted
ˌmɪnəˈrɛtɪd
phosphoretted
ˈfɒsfərɛtɪd
revetted
rɪˈvɛtɪd
silhouetted
ˌsɪlʊˈɛtɪd
sweated
ˈswɛtɪd
telluretted
ˈtɛljʊˌrɛtɪd
unabetted
ˌʌnəˈbɛtɪd
unletted
ʌnˈlɛtɪd
unregretted
ˌʌnrɪˈɡrɛtɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FETID

fetial
fetialis
fetich
fetich-like
fetichism
fetichist
fetichistic
fetichize
feticidal
feticide
fetidity
fetidly
fetidness
fetiparous
fetish
fetish-like
fetishisation
fetishise
fetishism
fetishist

WORDS THAT END LIKE FETID

buprestid
carotid
caryatid
chromatid
cricetid
dermestid
hydatid
lacertid
leucoplastid
nitid
ootid
oribatid
parotid
plastid
praying mantid
proglottid
putid
Quadrantid
scolytid
spermatid

Synonyms and antonyms of fetid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FETID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fetid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fetid

Translation of «fetid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FETID

Find out the translation of fetid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fetid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fetid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

恶臭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fétido
570 millions of speakers

English

fetid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बदबूदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نتنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зловонный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fétida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fétide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fetid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stinkend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悪臭を放つ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악취가 나는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fetid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thúi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துர்நாற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संभोग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kokuşmuş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fetido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cuchnący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смердючий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fetid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυσώδης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stink
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stinkande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

illeluktende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fetid

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FETID»

The term «fetid» is normally little used and occupies the 109.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FETID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fetid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fetid» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fetid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FETID»

Discover the use of fetid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fetid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Breath, and the Diseases Which Give It a Fetid Oder
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Joseph William Howe, 2008
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Geology and Oil and Gas Possibilities of Upper Mississippian ...
fossiliferous, thick-bedded, thin-bedded locally; fetid odor. Exposed in face of quarry 21.5 39. Limestone, dark-gray to grayish-black, fine-crystalline; weathers yellow, green, and gray ; thin- and medium- bedded with shaly and fissile limestone ...
Ralph H. Wilpolt, Douglas W. Marden, 1959
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Concordance Repertory of the Materia Medica
Carbo-an. Breaking. — B. off of teeth. Plumb. Breath. — Foul b. Acet-ac. Fetid b. Apis, Arn. Fetid b., with scirrhus uteri. Arg-m. Cold feeling in upper incisors like a cold b. Asar. Mouth and b. hot and feverish, with thirst for large quantities of water .
William Doyle Gentry, 1998
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Mississippian — Continued Mission Canyon limestone — Continued Feet 21. Limestone, light-gray, very fine-grained, moderately fetid, massive; small clear crystalline calcite twigs abundant; sparse siliceous encrustations ; weathers to patchy, ...
5
Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and ...
On an Improvement in the galvanic Trough: phuret of lime, sulphur, lime, alumine, magnesia, charcoal, sand; some fibrous substances, a little sulphuretted hydrogen gas, and carbonic acid gas. This fetid resin and charcoal may also be formed ...
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Limestone, medium-gray to medium-light-gray, fine-grained, slightly fetid, massive; sporadic siliceous encrustations on weathered surface ; top of unit marked by a bed of limestone breccia 0.2-1 ft thick ; unit weathers light gray to medium light ...
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The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ...
ON FETID EXPECTORATION. To the Editor qftlze Edinburgh Malical Journal. SlB ,—An article appeared in the last number of the Edinburgh Medical Journal, where the views which I recently expressed on some points connected with the ...
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Geological Survey professional paper
10, T. 6 8., R. >,2 E., Henry quadrangle— Continued Ft. >□□ Earthy zone, consisting chiefly of broken brown shale and some thin fragments of fetid limestone, all streaked and covered with white calcareous coating-- Shale, brown , broken ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1952
9
Physiological Materia Medica
Urinary calculi, in rheumatic or gouty subjects, with fetid urine. Digestive Organs. — Glossitis ; tongue extensively ulcerated. "Angina fauciuui and tonsillitis, with strong urine." — Jig. Feeble digestion ; loathing of food ; much thirst ; nausea, ...
W. H. Burt, 2003
10
The North American Medical and Surgical Journal
At first, his symptoms were heat, thirst, anorexia, oppression without pain, expectoration white and fetid, brought up with difficulty; his strength was diminished; obliged to remain in bed. The .symptoms continued for six days nearly the same ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FETID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fetid is used in the context of the following news items.
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South Sudan Enemies Find Uneasy Refuge Together at a U.N. Base …
UNMISS BASE, MALAKAL, South Sudan — The trial started at dawn. After patrolling all night along the fetid paths that wind through this tent ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
How Rainfall and Old Infrastructure Overwhelm Sewers and Lead to …
... already constructed elaborate combined sewer systems. There, the legacy of misguided policy persists in the fetid overflows we see today. «CityLab, Jul 15»
3
Our View: A look at the issues surrounding water in California | The …
Few farmers would ever want our rivers to become fetid ditches. But they believe, with justification, that striped bass – a species brought to our ... «Modesto Bee, Jul 15»
4
Keeping pungent food smells under wraps - New Food magazine
The fetid smell of some foods makes it difficult to take them anywhere without offending others such as fellow train or bus riders. But tastes are ... «New Food, Jul 15»
5
2015 Rams Roster Preview: TE Brad Smelley Is Looking To Escape …
Of course as Smelley continues to get odor, the youth factor will fade. Here's hoping Smelley doesn't feel............................................de-fetid. «Turf Show Times, Jul 15»
6
Love and Mercy review: The life of Brian Wilson revisited
Manipulative, chemically promiscuous, addicted to all kinds of bogus philosophies, this archetypal Dr Feelgood emerges from the fetid ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
7
COMMENTARY: Manila's woes | Opinion | GMA News Online
But we just don't have the will to take these steps. So we continue wallowing in our stupidity as we wallow in the fetid wates of these perennial ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
8
You better believe it...writes Michael Kuttner - J-Wire » J-Wire
That is how the feverish and fetid minds of the haters work. To round off another vintage week here are some reported pearls of wisdom. «J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service, Jul 15»
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Goldberg Trump Hurts The Republicans Section - Kenosha News
Given the fetid swamp of sanctioned corruption that passes for commerce in New York, it's no wonder he sees nothing wrong with greasing the ... «Kenosha News, Jul 15»
10
Top 6 things you should ignore while house-hunting
Once the home is free from the fetid mattresses, carpets, drapes or what-have-you, and thoroughly cleaned, the scent will fade. Painting walls ... «WTNH Connecticut News, Jul 15»

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