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Definition: Flatulent |
FlatulentAdjective1. Generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal. 2. Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "flatulent" was first used: 1599. (references) |
Etymology: Flatulent \Flat"u*lent\, adjective. [Latin expression flatus blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, from flare to blow: compare to the French expression flatulent. See Blow.]. (references) |
Synonyms: FlatulentSynonyms: colicky (adj), gassy (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Air | Adjective: containing air, flatulent, effervescent; windy . |
Diffuseness | Adjective: diffuse, profuse; wordy, verbose, largiloquent, copious, exuberant, pleonastic, lengthy; longsome, long-winded, longspun, long drawn out; spun out, protracted, prolix, prosing, maundering; circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious, roundabout; digressive; discursive, excursive; loose; rambling episodic; flatulent, frothy. |
Feebleness | Careless, slovenly, loose, lax (negligent); slipshod, slipslop; inexact; puerile, childish; flatulent; rambling; (diffuse). |
Gaseity | Adjective: gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent. |
Wind | Adjective: blowing. Verb: windy, flatulent; breezy, gusty, squally; stormy, tempestuous, blustering; boisterous. (violent). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Flatulent |
| English words defined with "flatulent": Flative, Flatlency, Flatulently ♦ Meteorism ♦ Tympanites, Tympany. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "flatulent": memory farts. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Flatulent" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (flatulent). |
| "Flatulent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Flatulent" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "flatulent": anti-flatulent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flatulent | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flatulent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vanitoz (conceited), që krijon gazra në stomak, me gazra, i fryrë (assuming, bloated, bombastic, bulging, bumptious, cock-a-hoop, conceited, extravagant, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, high, highfaluting, high-sounding, hoity toity, inflated, mouthy, orotund, overblown, plethoric, pompous, puffed, puffed up, puffy, sounding, swollen, tumid, turgid, uppish, uppity, vainglorious). (various references) | |
Arabic | فارغ (barren, blank, empty, hollow, idle, inane, leisure, meaningless, pointless, senseless, silly, stupid, vacuous, vain, windy), متطبل البطن. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | страдащ от газове, банален (banal, commonplace, everyday, hack, hackneyed, namby-pamby, pedestrian, platitudinous, quotidian, tired, trite, trivial, twice-told, vapid, well worn, worn out), причиняващ газове (windy). (various references) | |
Chinese | "胀. (various references) | |
Czech | nadýmavý. (various references) | |
Danish | vindkolik (flatulent colic), colica flatulenta (flatulent colic). (various references) | |
Dutch | windkoliek (flatulent colic), colica flatulenta (flatulent colic). (various references) | |
French | flatulent. (various references) | |
German | blähend. (various references) | |
Greek | φουσκωμένοσ (huffy, puffy, tumid). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מפיח, פיחן, פולט 'אזים, פיחתי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | felfúvódott (bulging, distended), dagályos (bombast, bombastic, effusive, grandiloquent, highfaluting, high-flown, inflated, luscious, magniloquent, mouth-filling, pompous, puffed-up, ranting, redundant, stilted). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kembung (gibbous). (various references) | |
Italian | flatulento. (various references) | |
Manx | geayagh (windswept), brooightooil (belch, debouch, repeat, vomit, vomit as chimney smoke). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atulentflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flatulento, orgulhoso (arrogant, boastful, grand, haughty, proud, proud-spirited, snooty, stuck-up, supercilious, uppish), arrogante (arrogant, assuming, big, cockish, haughty, huffish, imperious, lord-like, overbearing, perk, proud, proud-spirited, self-assertive, self-confident, self-pride, self-sufficient, snippy, stuck-up, supercilious, uppish, upstage). (various references) | |
Romanian | preţios (affected, bombastic, costly, dear, euphuistic, golden, grandiose, mincing, namby-pamby, niminy-piminy, ornate, precious, valuable, valued), care produce gaze la stomac, înfoiat. (various references) | |
Russian | напыщенный (bombastic, declamatory, grandiloquent, grandiose, high-blown, highfalutin, highfaluting, mouth-filling, mouthy, orotund, pompous, toploty, tub-thumping, tumid), претенциозный (ambitious, pretentious). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nadut (arrogant, bloated, dropsical). (various references) | |
Spanish | flatulento. (various references) | |
Swedish | väderspänd, uppblåst (inflated, pompous, puffed, puffed up, stuck up, swollen-headed, windy), gasbildande. (various references) | |
Turkish | havalı (airy, dashing, flash, hot air, jaunty, La-di-da, la-di-dah, nifty, Nobby, ostentatious, pneumatic, posh, rakish, show off, showy, stylish, swagger, swanky, swell, swish, tonish), gazı olan, gaz yapıcı, gösterişli (artsy, Arty, arty-crafty, baronial, bombastic, chichi, dashing, declamatory, dressy, flamboyant, flash, flashily, flashy, Flossy, garish, gingerbread, glossy, meretricious, Nobby, ostentatious, polished, posh, showy, sleek, smart, spectacular, splendent, sporty, swanky, swish, thoroughbred, viewy), abartmalı (exaggerative). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | здутий (swollen), бундючний (bombastic, cavalier, chilly, cockish, haughty, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-hearted, mouth-filling, overly, pompous, puffed up, scenic, scenical, snobbish, snobby, swollen). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | flatus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flatulent": flatulently. (additional references) | |
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"Flatulent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flatualent, flatulant, flitelen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flatulent" (pronounced fla"khulunt) |
| 6 | -kh u l u n t | petulant. |
| 5 | -u l u n t | ambivalent, benevolent, equivalent, excellent, fraudulent, indolent, insolent, jubilant, malevolent, nonviolent, opulent, prevalent, somnolent, stimulant, succulent, truculent, turbulent, vigilant, violent, virulent. |
| 4 | -l u n t | assailant, coolant, divalent, esculent, gallant, inhalant, monovalent, propellant, repellent, sealant, silent, talent, tetravalent. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, errant, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, frequent, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, solvent, stagnant, statement, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, tumescent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-l-n-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: flatlet, flatten. | |
-3 letters: attune, eluant, fallen, fatten, flaunt, fluent, latent, latten, lunate, luteal, nutate, nutlet, talent, tauten, unfelt. | |
-4 letters: fault, fella, fetal, flute, laten, latte, leant, lunet, lutea, taunt, tulle, ulnae, unlet. | |
-5 letters: alef, ante, aunt, elan, etna, fall, fane, fate, faun, feal, feat, fell, felt, feta, flan, flat, flea, flue, fuel, full, lane. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l-l-n-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: flatulently. | |
+3 letters: thankfullest. | |
+4 letters: multifilament. | |
+5 letters: multifilaments, unflatteringly. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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