fèces

See also: feces

French

Alternative forms

fæces

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faeces.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛs/
Homophones: fesse, fesses

Noun

fèces f pl (plural only)

(medicine, plural only) Faeces.
(pharmacy, archaic, plural only) Sediments depositing in a container of murky or cloudy liquid.

Related terms

fécal

See also

excrément

Further reading

“fèces” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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