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farter

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone or something that farts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

One who ambles along slowly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal

Examples

  • The drive took forty minutes, stuck behind those farters from the backwoods.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A bed or sleeping bag

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English farter, fartare, fertere, equivalent to fart + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for a bed or sleeping bag, + -er (patient suffix). Cognate with German Furzer (“farter”).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: апызҩы (apʼəzjwə) — one who farts
  • Catalan: petaner — one who farts
  • Catalan: petanera — one who farts
  • Catalan: petaire — one who farts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放屁者 (fàngpìzhě) — one who farts
  • Finnish: pierijä — one who farts
  • Finnish: piereskelijä — one who farts
  • Finnish: pieraisija — one who farts
  • French: péteur — one who farts
  • French: péteuse — one who farts
  • Galician: peideiro — one who farts
  • Galician: peideira — one who farts
  • German: Furzer — one who farts
  • German: Furzerin — one who farts
  • Greek: κλανιάρης (klaniáris) — one who farts
  • Greek: πριτσομπαλίτσας (pritsompalítsas) — one who farts
  • Greek: πορδαλάς (pordalás) — one who farts
  • Irish: bromaire — one who farts
  • Italian: scoreggione — one who farts
  • Italian: scoreggiona — one who farts
  • Kazakh: осырақ (osyraq) — one who farts
  • Korean: 방귀쟁이 (banggwijaeng'i) — one who farts
  • Lithuanian: pirdžius — one who farts
  • Persian: گوزنده (guzande) — one who farts
  • Persian: گوززن (guz-zan) — one who farts
  • Portuguese: peidorreiro — one who farts
  • Portuguese: peidorreira — one who farts
  • Portuguese: peidão — one who farts
  • Portuguese: peidona — one who farts
  • Russian: перду́н (perdún) — one who farts
  • Russian: перду́нья (perdúnʹja) — one who farts
  • Russian: перду́шка (perdúška) — one who farts
  • Russian: бздун (bzdun) — one who farts
  • Russian: бзду́нья (bzdúnʹja) — one who farts
  • Russian: бзду́шка (bzdúška) — one who farts
  • Ukrainian: перду́н (perdún) — one who farts
  • Vietnamese: bôi mỡ — one who farts
  • Finnish: etana — slow person