flatulence

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
2. (countable, uncountable) The release of such gas; breaking wind.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflæt͡ʃələns/

Etymology

From French flatulence, ultimately from Latin flō (“breathe, blow”).

Synonyms

fart

flatulency

wind

gas

turgidness

turgidity

aerophagia

bloating

bombast

farting

swell

windiness

breaking wind

fustian

bump

grandiloquence

indigestion

inflation

magniloquence

pomposity

pretentiousness

puff

wind from the bowels

swelling

talk big

brag

boast

tympanites

upsurge

bloated

intestinal parasite

pass gas

nozzle of bellows

part of lesser intestine

duct from bellows to forge

windy spasm

constipation

dyspepsia

distention

tumidness

colic

Translations

flatulence

flatulenza

flatulência

flatulencia

Blähung

flato

Flatulenz

peto

Blähungen

winderigheid

flatulència

peido

flatulentie

Furz

inflatio