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fetid

/ˈfetəd/FEH-tuhd
/ˈfɛtəd/FEH-tuhd

Meaningfetidus, stinking

Common meaning: smelling foul and rank

Journey through time

  1. Latinfetidus‘fetidus, stinking’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsfetidus, stinking → bad-smellingfétide‘bad-smelling’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsbad-smelling → smelling foul and rankfetid‘smelling foul and rank’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fetidus ‘fetidus, stinking’.

Roots

  • fetidus Latin “fetidus, stinking”

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