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ordure

noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdj(ʊ)ə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-d͡ʒə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɔɹd͡ʒʊɹ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Dung, excrement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boo-boo, boom-boom, BM, bowel movement, caca, cack, chocolate, chocolate hot dog, crap, crud, danna, dejection, dirt, do do, doo-doo, doody, dook, dookie, dooky, droppings, dump, dumplings, dung, Eartha, Eartha Kitt, excrement, faeces, faex, fecal matter, feces, flop, fudge, gong, ish, jobby, merd, muck, nature, number two, ordure, poo, pooh, poop, poopie, poo-poo, poopy, pure, purging, scat, sharn, shit, shite, soil, stool, thost, tom tit, turd, waste

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Dirt, filth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals; obscene material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, dejection

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product

Narrower terms: dog shit, dog do, doggy do, dog turd, crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd, droppings, dung, muck, meconium, melena, melaena

History

Etymology

From Middle English ordure, ordure, borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman ordure, ordeur(e), ordor(e), ordour from Old French ordure (“dirt, filth, refuse; dung, excrement; moral filth”) (modern French ordure), from ord (“filthy”) + -ure (suffix forming nouns describing the results of actions). Ord is derived from Latin horridus (“dreadful, frightful, horrid”), from horreō (“to stand erect, stand on end; to shiver, tremble; to be afraid of, dread; to be frightful”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhers- (“stiff; surprised”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գոմաղբ (gomaġb) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Armenian: քակոր (kʻakor) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Old Armenian: քակոր (kʻakor) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Assamese: গু (gu) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Assamese: হগা (hoga) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Bulgarian: тор (tor) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Dutch: afval — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Dutch: uitwerpselen — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • French: immondice — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Georgian: ნაკელი (naḳeli) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Greek: κοπριά (kopriá) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Greek: κόπρανα (kóprana) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Greek: κόπρος (kópros) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Ancient Greek: κόπρος (kópros) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Ancient Greek: σπέλεθος (spélethos) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Ancient Greek: μίνθος (mínthos) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Ancient Greek: ὄνθος (ónthos) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Hindi: गोबर (gobar) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Hindi: मल (mal) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Hindi: विष्ठा (viṣṭhā) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Hindi: गू (gū) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Hindi: गूह (gūh) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Hindi: गुह (guh) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Irish: garr — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Irish: salachar — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Italian: fimo — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Latin: fimum — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Latin: fimus — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Latin: stercus — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Navajo: chąąʼ — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Russian: экскременты (ekskrementy) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Sanskrit: गूथ (gūtha) — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Scottish Gaelic: buachar — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Spanish: esterco — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Welsh: pridd — dung, excrement — see also dung, excrement
  • Bulgarian: сквернословие (skvernoslovie) — something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals