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/

Noun

fetor (plural fetors)

An unpleasant smell.

Anagrams

Foret, Forte, forte, forté, frote, ofter

Latin

Alternative forms

foetor

Etymology

From fēteō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.tor/, [ˈfeː.tɔr]

Noun

fētor m (genitive fētōris); third declension

stench, stink

Inflection

Third declension.

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
Italian: fetore
Old French: feteur

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

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