Polyglot Dictionary

puanteur

/pɥɑ̃.tœʁ/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les puanteurs

Meaning

  1. stench

    • Une puanteur insupportable vient des égouts.

      An unbearable stench comes from the sewers.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

hedor

hedor is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "stench."

Portuguese

fedor

fedor is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "stench."

Practice

1 What does puanteur mean?

2 Fill the gap: Une ___ insupportable vient des égouts.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches puanteur?

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