Meanings
nounfeces pl (plural only)
alternative Commonwealth faeces · alternative dated fæces
- CanadaUSpluralplural onlyDigested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines.
We are also extracting DNA, both from blood collected during immobilizations and from hyena feces.
2011 June 21, Kay E. Holekamp, “Why Study Hyenas?”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: excrement, shit, boo-boo, boom-boom, BM, bowel movement, caca, cack
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDigested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsolid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- substrate
- Latinfaecēs
- Englishfeces
From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”), further origin unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.
More words from Latin, substrate
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans ontlasting
- ontlastingdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Ancient Greek κοπρία, σκῶρ
- κοπρία (kopría)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- σκῶρ (skôr)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- μίνθος (mínthos)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- ὄνθος (ónthos)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Arabic بِرَاز, سَلْح
- بِرَاز (birāz)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- سَلْح (salḥ)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- زِبْل (zibl)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- رَوْث (rawṯ)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- بَعْر (baʕr)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- فَضَلَات (faḍalāt)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Bengali টাট্টী
- টাট্টী (ṭaṭṭi)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Bulgarian фека́лии, екскреме́нти
- фека́лии (fekálii)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- екскреме́нти (ekskreménti)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- изпражне́ния (izpražnénija)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Chinese Cantonese 屎, 糞便 /粪便
- 屎 (si²)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- 糞便 /粪便digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Chinese Mandarin 糞 /粪, 糞便 /粪便
- 糞 /粪 (fèn)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- 糞便 /粪便 (fènbiàn)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- 屎 (shǐ)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Czech stolice, výkal
- stolicedigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- výkaldigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Danish afføring
- afføringdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Dutch faeces, uitwerpselen
- faecesdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- uitwerpselendigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Esperanto ekskremento, fekaĵo
- ekskrementodigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- fekaĵodigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Estonian fekaalid, roe
- fekaaliddigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- roedigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Finnish uloste, sonta
- ulostedigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- sontadigested waste material discharged from the bowels
French fèces, excrément
- fècesdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- excrémentdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
German Fäkalien, Kot
- Fäkaliendigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- Kotdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Greek περιττώματα, κόπρανα
- περιττώματα (perittómata)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- κόπρανα (kóprana)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- σκατά (skatá)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Hawaiian kūkae
- kūkaedigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Hindi टट्टी, मल
- टट्टी (ṭaṭṭī)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- मल (mal)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- गू (gū)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- गूह (gūh)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- गुह (guh)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- लीद (līd)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- पाखाना (pākhānā)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- विष्ठा (viṣṭhā)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Hungarian széklet, ürülék
- székletdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- ürülékdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Indonesian tinja, tai
- tinjadigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- taidigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Irish faecas
- faecasdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Italian feci, escremento
- fecidigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- escrementodigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Japanese 糞, 糞便
- 糞 (fun)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- 糞便 (funben)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- 大便 (daiben)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- うんこ (unko)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- うんち (unchi)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Korean 분, 대변
- 분 (bun)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- 대변 (daebyeon)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- 똥 (ttong)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Latin stercus
- stercusdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Malay tinja
- tinjadigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Māori hamuti, roke
- hamutidigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- rokedigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- tūtaedigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- tikodigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- hamitidigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- kurakuradigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- wetadigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Norwegian Bokmål avføring
- avføringdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Persian گه, ان
- گه (goh)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- ان (an)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- پهن (pehen)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- مدفوع (madfu')digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- براز (borâz)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Polish fekalia, kał
- fekaliadigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- kałdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- odchodydigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- ekskrementydigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- kurze odchodychicken feces
Portuguese fezes, excremento
- fezesdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- excrementodigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Romanian fecale
- fecaledigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Russian испражне́ния, экскреме́нты
- испражне́ния (ispražnénija)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- экскреме́нты (ekskreménty)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- кал (kal)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- фека́лии (fekálii)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Slovak výkal
- výkaldigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Spanish heces, feca
- hecesdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- fecadigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Swahili mavi
- mavidigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Swedish avföring, träck
- avföringdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- träckdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Tagalog tae, dumi
- taedigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- dumidigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Tamil ஆய், மலம்
- ஆய் (āy)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- மலம் (malam)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- கழிவு (kaḻivu)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- பீ (pī)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Thai อาจม, อุจจาระ
- อาจม (aa-jom)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- อุจจาระ (ùt-jaa-rá)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- ขี้ (kîi)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Turkish bok, fışkı
- bokdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- fışkıdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- dışkıdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- kakadigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- pislikdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Ukrainian фека́лії, ви́порожнення
- фека́лії (fekáliji)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- ви́порожнення (výporožnennja)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- екскреме́нти (ekskreménty)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- кал (kal)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Urdu باٹھروم, پا خانہ
- باٹھروم (bāṭhrūm)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- پا خانہ (pā xānā)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
- پاخانہ (pāxāna)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Vietnamese cứt, phân
- cứtdigested waste material discharged from the bowels
- phândigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Welsh ysgarthion
- ysgarthiondigested waste material discharged from the bowels
Yiddish צואה
- צואה (tsoye)digested waste material discharged from the bowels
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with feces
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APA
feces. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feces
MLA
“feces.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feces. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feces,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feces.
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