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fetor

UK/ˈfiː.tə/US/ˈfi.təɹ/

fetor noun: an unpleasant smell.

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

fetor meaning in Tamil

fetor in Tamil

கடும்மணம், கெடுநாற்றம், தாக்கும் மணம், நெடி ஏறும் மணம்

Synonyms of fetor

Forms of fetor

pluralfetors
alternative formfœtor

Origin of fetor

From Latin fētor.

Words that rhyme with fetor

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about fetor

What does fetor mean?
Fetor means an unpleasant smell.
What is fetor in Tamil?
Fetor in Tamil is கடும்மணம், கெடுநாற்றம், தாக்கும் மணம். See Fetor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fetor?
Fetor is a noun.
How do you pronounce fetor?
Fetor is pronounced /ˈfiː.tə/ (UK).
What is the plural of fetor?
The plural of fetor is fetors.

Words near fetor in the dictionary

  1. fetopelvic
  2. fetophagy
  3. fetoplacental
  4. fetoprotein
  5. fetoproteins
  6. fetor
  7. fetor oris
  8. fetors
  9. fetoscope
  10. fetoscopes
  11. fetoscopic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fetor (page history and authors); fetor (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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