flatulent

From Middle French flatulent.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflætjʊlənt/

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flatulent (comparative more flatulent, superlative most flatulent)

1. Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to fart.

   Synonym: farty (“informal”)

   Sorry, I'm a bit flatulent at the moment - just eaten some curry.

2. Reminiscent of flatulence

   a flatuelent smell

3. (obsolete) Empty; vain.

• windy
• gassy
• breezy
• curmurring
• See also Thesaurus:flatulent

• flatulently

• flatulence
• flatulate

• talentful

Compare Latin flātus and -ulentus.

• IPA^(key): /fla.ty.lɑ̃/

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flatulent (feminine flatulente, masculine plural flatulents, feminine plural flatulentes)

1. flatulent

   Synonym: flatueux

• “flatulent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French flatulent.

• IPA^(key): /flatuˈlɛnt/
• Hyphenation: fla‧tu‧lent

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flatulent (strong nominative masculine singular flatulenter, comparative flatulenter, superlative am flatulentesten)

1. flatulent