English

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Etymology

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From Latin fētor.

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fetor (countable and uncountable, plural fetors)

  1. An unpleasant smell.
    • 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 39:
      Heʼd thrown rancid meat in a fire to fill the woods with the ripe fetor of death.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Portuguese feitor, from Latin factor.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfe.t̪ɔr]
  • Hyphenation: fétor

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fétor (first-person possessive fetorku, second-person possessive fetormu, third-person possessive fetornya)

  1. (East Nusa Tenggara) village head.
  2. (East Nusa Tenggara) chieftain.
  3. (East Nusa Tenggara, Atoni) noble.
    Synonym: bangsawan
  4. factor, overseer

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From fēteō (to stink, smell bad) +‎ -or.

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Noun

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fētor m (genitive fētōris); third declension

  1. stench, stink, bad smell, fetidness

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Third-declension noun.

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Verb

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fētor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of fētō

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  • fetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fetor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin fētor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.tɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɔr
  • Syllabification: fe‧tor

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fetor m inan (diminutive fetorek)

  1. (literary) fetor (unpleasant smell)
    Synonyms: odór, smród, swąd, sztynk
    Antonym: aromat
    Hypernyms: woń, zapach

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Further reading

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  • fetor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fetor in Polish dictionaries at PWN