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flatulent

/fˈlætʃələnt/FLA-chuh-luhnt
/fˈlætʃələnt/FLA-chuh-luhnt

Meaninga blowing, a breath

Common meaning: causing or having intestinal gas

Journey through time

  1. Latinflatus‘a blowing, a breath’source
  2. Late Latinflatulentussource
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsa blowing, a breath → windyflatulent‘windy’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftswindy → causing or having intestinal gasflatulent‘causing or having intestinal gas’ · 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 flatus ‘a blowing, a breath’.

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