foetor

Other forms of foetor

plural

foetors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about foetor

What does foetor mean?

foetor means "a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant".

How many syllables are in foetor?

foetor has 3 syllables: fo-e-tor. The stress falls on "fo".

What is another word for foetor?

Close synonyms include malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foetor a common word?

foetor is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.