stench

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. a strong foul smell; a stink.
2. (figuratively) A foul quality.
3. (obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
2. To stanch.

Sinonieme

stink

smell

👃

reek

bad smell

fetor

fetidness

odor

foul smell

stinking

malodorousness

bad odor

malodour

fetid

mephitis

funk

gamy

smelliness

foetor

malodor

pong

offensive smell

bad odour

niff

odour

fetid smell

rotten smell

warning agent

rankness

dirt

fetish

filth

filthiness

filthy

foul

foulness

hum

loathsome

mell

metaphorically

nastiness

nasty

noisome

objectionable

awful

scent

scummy

sluttish

squalid

malodorant

odorant

Vertalings

Gestank

puanteur

hedor

stank

fedor

fetore

lezzo

puzzo

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puzza

fetidez

tanfo

fétidité

afrore

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɛnt͡ʃ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stench

Geërf van Old English: stenċ

Verwante met Nederlands: stank

Verwante met Duits: Stank

Verwante met Deens: stank

Verwante met Sweeds: stank

Verwante met Yslands: stækja

In summary

From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”).