fetor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fētor.

Pronunciation

Noun

fetor (countable and uncountable, plural fetors)

  1. 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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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)

  1. (East Nusa Tenggara) village head.
  2. (East Nusa Tenggara) chieftain.
  3. (East Nusa Tenggara, Atoni) noble.
    Synonym: bangsawan
  4. factor, overseer

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fēteō (to stink, smell bad) + -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

fētor m (genitive fētōris); third declension

  1. stench, stink, bad smell, fetidness

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

Descendants

Verb

fētor

  1. 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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɔr
  • Syllabification: fe‧tor

Noun

fetor m inan (diminutive fetorek)

  1. fetor
    Synonym: smród

Declension

Further reading

  • fetor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fetor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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