stench

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

pudor

pesta

mala olor

ferum

fortor

pestilència

fetor

Sinònims

stink

smell

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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

Traduccions

Gestank

puanteur

hedor

stank

fedor

fetore

puzzo

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lezzo

puzza

fetidez

tanfo

fétidité

afrore

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/stɛnt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: stench

Heretat de anglès antic: stenċ

Cognat amb neerlandès: stank

Cognat amb alemany: Stank

Cognat amb danès: stank

Cognat amb suec: stank

Cognat amb islandès: 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”).