Meanings
alternative Commonwealth faecal · alternative dated fæcal
- not comparableOf or relating to feces.
Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste.
2025 August 30, “US beaches warn about water quality due to unsafe levels of fecal contamination this Labor Day weekend”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press1 more example
Differential biochemical or physiological characteristics which correlate with aerogenesis at elevated incubation temperatures will be adapted towards a fecal coliform procedure and towards converting a total coliform procedure under development to give a fecal coliform count as well.
1973, Water Resources Research Catalog - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 732Synonyms: stercoraceous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to feces.
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adjectiveof or relating to feces
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Origin
- Latinfaex
- Middle Frenchfecal
- Englishfecal
From Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, equivalent to feces + -al.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fecal
- fecalof or relating to feces
Czech fekální
- fekálníof or relating to feces
Dutch fecaal
- fecaalof or relating to feces
French fécal
- fécalof or relating to feces
German fäkal
- fäkalof or relating to feces
Greek περιττωματικός
- περιττωματικός (perittomatikós)of or relating to feces
Polish fekalny, kałowy
- fekalnyof or relating to feces
- kałowyof or relating to feces
Portuguese fecal
- fecalof or relating to feces
Russian фека́льный, ка́ловый
- фека́льный (fekálʹnyj)of or relating to feces
- ка́ловый (kálovyj)of or relating to feces
Spanish fecal
- fecalof or relating to feces
Swedish fekal
- fekalof or relating to feces
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fecal
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fecal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fecal
“fecal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fecal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fecal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fecal.
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