flatulence
Syllables: flat·u·lence/ˈflæt͡ʃələns/
flatulence noun: the state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
Noun
flatulence (countable and uncountable, plural flatulences)
flatulence meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
flatulence in Tamil
- வயிற்றுப் பொருமல், குசு, குதவழிக் காற்றோட்டம், வயிற்றுப்புசம்
flatulence in Urdu
- بادی, ریاح
flatulence in Telugu
- flatulence
- అపానము apānamu
flatulence in Malayalam
- (intestinal) gas, wind, farting
- വായു, ആന്ത്രവായു, കുടൽവായു, വായുരോഗം, വായുകോപം, ശർദ്ധം
- pretension, pomposity, pompousness
- പൊണ്ണത്തം, പൊണ്ണത്തനം, പൊങ്ങച്ചം, ആടോപം, വാചാടോപം, ശബ്ദകോലാഹലം
More languagesFewer languages
- flatulence in Gujarati
- વાયુ vāyu
- flatulence in Tagalog
- kabag
- flatulence in Arabic
- نَفْخ nafḵ, نَفْخَة nafḵa, فسوة faswa
- flatulence in Thai
- ท้องอืด, ท้องเฟ้อ
Synonyms of flatulence
Forms of flatulence
| plural | flatulences |
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Origin of flatulence
From French flatulence, ultimately from Latin flō (“breathe, blow”).
Words formed from flatulence
Phrases with flatulence
Questions about flatulence
- What does flatulence mean?
- Flatulence means the state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
- What is flatulence in Tamil?
- Flatulence in Tamil is வயிற்றுப் பொருமல், குசு, குதவழிக் காற்றோட்டம். See Flatulence meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is flatulence?
- Flatulence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce flatulence?
- Flatulence is pronounced /ˈflæt͡ʃələns/.
- What is the plural of flatulence?
- The plural of flatulence is flatulences.
Words near flatulence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flatulence (page history and authors); flatulence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flatulence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అపానము (Telugu) (page history and authors); flatulence (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); વાયુ (Gujarati) (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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