fetor

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UK/ˈfiː.tə/UK/ˈfiː.tɔː/US/ˈfi.təɹ/US/ˈfi.tɔɹ/

noun

An unpleasant smell.

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OriginLatin fētor →
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Meanings

nounfetor (countable and uncountable, plural fetors)

plural fetors · alternative fœtor

  1. countableuncountableAn 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn unpleasant smell.

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stenchstink

More synonyms by meaning

nouna distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

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malodormalodourstenchstinkreekfoetormephitis
Broader
smellodorodour
Also see
malodormephitisnosesorereekstenchstink

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinfētor
  2. Englishfetor

From Latin fētor.

More words from Latin

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Translations

Bulgarian зловоние
  • зловоние (zlovonie)An unpleasant smell
Portuguese fedor
  • fedorAn unpleasant smell

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fetor

petermeterheatermetreeatertweetercheaterbeaterphotometerpraetornanometreKeetermasseterrhetorseedeatergoldbeaterinspirometerplantain-eaterSaint Peter
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Anagrams

forteForetfrote
Cite this entry
APA

fetor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetor

MLA

“fetor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetor. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fetor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetor.

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