flatulence

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæt͡ʃələns/, /ˈflæt͡ʃʊləns/, /ˈflæt(j)ʊləns/

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• Hyphenation: flat‧u‧lence
• Rhymes: -ætʃələns, -ætʃʊləns, -æt(j)ʊləns

flatulence (countable and uncountable, plural flatulences)

1. 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. The release of such gas; breaking wind.

A formal Latinate term, used in medical and scientific discourse, but also euphemistically to avoid crude terms such as fart. Compare excrement.

• queef

• flatulence tax
• vaginal flatulence

• See also Thesaurus:flatulence
• afflatus

From flatulent +‎ -ence.

• IPA^(key): /fla.ty.lɑ̃s/

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flatulence f (plural flatulences)

1. flatulence

• ballonnement
• pet

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