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fecal

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈfiːkəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːkəl
  • CMU ARPABET: F IY1 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to feces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to feces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • fecal matter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: faecal

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, equivalent to feces + -al.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: fecal — of or relating to feces
  • Czech: fekální — of or relating to feces
  • Dutch: fecaal — of or relating to feces
  • French: fécal — of or relating to feces
  • Galician: fecal — of or relating to feces
  • German: fäkal — of or relating to feces
  • Greek: περιττωματικός (perittomatikós) — of or relating to feces
  • Ido: fekala — of or relating to feces
  • Polish: fekalny — of or relating to feces
  • Polish: kałowy — of or relating to feces
  • Portuguese: fecal — of or relating to feces
  • Russian: фека́льный (fekálʹnyj) — of or relating to feces
  • Russian: ка́ловый (kálovyj) — of or relating to feces
  • Serbo-Croatian: fekalni — of or relating to feces
  • Serbo-Croatian: фекални (fekalni) — of or relating to feces
  • Spanish: fecal — of or relating to feces
  • Swedish: fekal — of or relating to feces