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fœtor

UK/ˈfiːtɔː/US/ˈfiːtɔɹ/

fœtor is the nonstandard spelling of fetor.

Meaning of fetor

Noun

fetor (countable and uncountable, plural fetors)

  1. An unpleasant smell.
    • Heʼd thrown rancid meat in a fire to fill the woods with the ripe fetor of death.2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 39
    Synonyms:
    stench, stink

Forms of fœtor

pluralfœtors
alternative formfoetor
alternative formfetor

Questions about fœtor

What is fœtor the nonstandard spelling of?
Fœtor is the nonstandard spelling of fetor.
How do you pronounce fœtor?
Fœtor is pronounced /ˈfiːtɔː/ (UK).

Words near fœtor in the dictionary

  1. fœtal
  2. fœti
  3. fœticide
  4. fœticides
  5. fœtid
  6. fœtor
  7. fœtors
  8. fœtus
  9. fœtuses
  10. fœtûs
  11. Fūjin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fœtor (page history and authors); fetor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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