stench

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• /stɛnt͡ʃ/
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From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengw- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”).

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: duhmë — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Albanian: erë e keqe — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Arabic: نَتَانَة (natāna) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Armenian: գարշահոտություն (garšahotutʻyun) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Asturian: fedor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Azerbaijani: üfunət — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Basque: kirats — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Belarusian: смуро́д (smuród) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Belarusian: вонь (vonʹ) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Bulgarian: смрад (smrad) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Bulgarian: воня́ (vonjá) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Catalan: pudor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Catalan: tuf — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Catalan: ferum — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Chinese Cantonese: 惡臭 /恶臭 (ok3 cau3) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡臭 /恶臭 (èchòu) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Chinese Mandarin: 臭 (chòu) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Chinese Mandarin: 腐臭 (fǔchòu) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Chinese Mandarin: 臭氣 /臭气 (chòuqì) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Chinese Mandarin: 臭味 (chòuwèi) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Czech: zápach — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Czech: smrad — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Danish: stank — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Dutch: stank — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Esperanto: fetoro — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Extremaduran: cheru — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Finnish: löyhkä — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Finnish: lemu — a strong foul smell, a stink
• French: puanteur — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Galician: tufo — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Galician: cheiro — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Georgian: სიმყრალე (simq̇rale) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Georgian: ყროლა (q̇rola) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• German: Gestank — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Greek: μπόχα (bócha) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Ancient Greek: βρῶμος (brômos) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Ancient Greek: δυσωδία (dusōdía) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Ancient Greek: δυσοσμία (dusosmía) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Hebrew: סֵרָחוֹן (seraẖón) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Hebrew: צַחֲנָה (tzaẖaná) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Hindi: बास (bās) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Hindi: दुर्गंध (durgandh) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Hindi: बदबू (badbū) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Hindi: गंध (gandh) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Hindi: बू (bū) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Hungarian: bűz — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Ilocano: danuor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Irish: tuth — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Irish: bréantas — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Irish: bréine — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Irish: mosar — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Irish: drochbholadh — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Italian: fetore — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Italian: puzza — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Japanese: 悪臭 (akushū) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Japanese: 臭い (nioi) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Japanese: 臭気 (shūki) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Japanese: 臭味 (shūmi) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Kazakh: сасық иіс (sasyq iıs) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Korean: 악취 (akchwi) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Korean: 취기 (chwigi) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Kyrgyz: сасык жыт (sasık jıt) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Latin: paedor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Latin: foetor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Latvian: smārds — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Macedonian: смрдеа (smrdea) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Macedonian: ре́а (réa) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Macedonian: смрад (smrad) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Malayalam: ദുർഗന്ധം (duṟgandhaṁ) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Malayalam: നാറ്റം (nāṟṟaṁ) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Māori: piro — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Māori: pirau — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Māori: haunga — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Māori: kehakeha — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Māori: pūhonga — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Norwegian Bokmål: stank — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stank — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Occitan: pudentor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Church Slavic: смрадъ (smradŭ) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Old East Slavic: смородъ (smorodŭ) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Persian: گند (gand) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Plautdietsch: Jestank — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Polish: fetor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Polish: smród — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Portuguese: fedor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Romanian: duhoare — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Romanian: putoare — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Russian: вонь (vonʹ) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Russian: смрад (smrad) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Russian: злово́ние (zlovónije) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Savosavo: boto — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Serbo-Croatian: смра̑д — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Serbo-Croatian: во̑њ — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Serbo-Croatian: smrȃd — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Serbo-Croatian: vȏnj — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Slovak: zápach — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Slovak: smrad — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Slovene: smrad — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Slovene: vonj — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Somali: ur — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: hedor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: fetidez — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: peste — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: tufo — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: fetor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: hediondez — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: jedor — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: jediondera — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: pestilencia — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: chucha — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Spanish: pécora — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Sudovian: smardas — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Swedish: stank — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Tagalog: bansiw — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Tajik: бадбӯӣ (badbüyi) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Tajik: тааффун (taaffun) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Tamil: நாற்றம் (nāṟṟam) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Tamil: கப்பு (kappu) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Telugu: గబ్బు (gabbu) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Turkish: kötü koku — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Turkish: pis koku — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Turkish: ufunet — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Ukrainian: сморі́д (smoríd) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Ukrainian: вонь (vonʹ) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Uzbek: badboʻy — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Uzbek: sassiq — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Volapük: lusmel — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Walloon: flaireur — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Yiddish: געסרחה (gesrokhe) — a strong foul smell, a stink
• Yiddish: אַוויר (aver) — a strong foul smell, a stink