fetor
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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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Indonesian
Etymology
From Portuguese feitor, from Latin factor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfe.t̪ɔr]
- Hyphenation: fétor
Noun
fétor (plural fetor-fetor)
- (East Nusa Tenggara) village head
- (East Nusa Tenggara) chieftain
- (East Nusa Tenggara, Atoni) noble
- Synonym: bangsawan
- factor, overseer
Further reading
- “fetor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From fēteō (“to stink, smell bad”) + -or.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfeː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.t̪or]
Noun
fētor m (genitive fētōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | fētor | fētōrēs |
genitive | fētōris | fētōrum |
dative | fētōrī | fētōribus |
accusative | fētōrem | fētōrēs |
ablative | fētōre | fētōribus |
vocative | fētor | fētōrēs |
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Descendants
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.
Old English
Noun
fetor f
- alternative form of feter
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fētor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.tɔr/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtɔr
- Syllabification: fe‧tor
Noun
fetor m inan (diminutive fetorek)
- (literary) fetor (unpleasant smell)
Declension
Declension of fetor