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Definition: Putrefy |
PutrefyVerb1. Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "putrefy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uncleanness | Verb: be unclean, become unclean; Adjective:; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink; mold, molder; go bad; Adjective: |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Putrefy |
| English words defined with "putrefy": Putrefying, Putrify. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "putrefy": Putrifacted. (references) |
| 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 |
putrefy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "putrefy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | bederwe (go bad, rot, spoil), bederf (bribe, corruption, damage, decay, depravation, go bad, injure, rot, spoil, taint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prishem (be destroyed, break off, decay, decompose, deteriorate, fail, fall, fall out, fall to pieces, go awry, go phut, go wrong, pack up, perish, quarrel, rot, run to seed, separate, take apart, touch, turn sour), zhezhit (decay, rot), kalbem (become rotten, decay, decompose, go bad, perish, rot, spoil), kalbëzohet, dekompozohet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فسد (be corrupted, be decayed, be decomposed, be depraved, be evil, be immoral, be marred, be pervert, be putrid, be rotten, be spoiled, be vicious, become corrupted, become decayed, become decomposed, become depraved, become evil, become immoral, become marred, become pervert, become perverted, become putrid, become rotten, become spoiled, become vicious, contaminate, corrupt, decay, decompose, degenerate, deprave, deteriorate, disintegrate, foul, go bad, impair, infect, mangle, mar, mess, mess up, misrule, rot, spoil, spoilt), تعفن (corruption, decay, decompose, decomposition, infection, mildew, mold, molder, moldiness, mould, moulder, mouldiness, mustiness, perish, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rot, sweat), عفن (corrupt, decay, decompose, frowsty, fusty, mildew, mold, mould, musty, obnoxious, putrefaction, putrid, rank, reek, rotten, septic, spoilt, stale, taint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разлагам (analyse, analyze, break down, contaminate, decompose, degrade, disintegrate, dissolve, molder, resolve, scan), гния (corrupt, decay, decompose, fester, languish, rot), причинявам (bring, bring about, bring forth, cause, create, do, effect, engender, generate, induce, inflict, make, procure, produce, set off, set up, throw down, work, work up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 腐化 (Putrefied, Putrefying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozkládat se (decay), kazit se (decay, go bad, taint), hnít (decay, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rådne (rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verrotten (rot), vergaan (drown, march off, pass, pass by, perish, retreat, rot, withdraw), rotten (rot), bederven (bribe, damage, go bad, injure, rot, spoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | putri (rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | rotna (rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فاسدشدن (Canker, Decay, Degenerate, Gangrene, Spoil, Vitiate), پوسیدن (Corrode, Decay, Rot), متعفن شدن , چرک نشستن (Rankle, Suppurate), چرک کردن (Grime, Stain, Suppurate), گندیدن , گنداندن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mädätä (decay, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pourrir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | rotsje (rot), ferrotsje (rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verwesen (decay, decompose, molder, rot), verfaulen (decay, degenerate, fester, rod, rot, rot away, to fester), faulen (decay, go bad, putrescences, rod, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σήπω (rot), σήπομαι (rot), σαπίζω (damp off, decay, decompose, molder, mortify, moulder, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"רקב (decay, molder, moulder, rot), לרקוב (decay, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rothaszt (to putrefy, to rot), korhad (to decay, to putrefy, to rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | morkna (rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menjadi buruk, membusuk (decompose, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | putrefarsi (to decay, to decompose, to moulder, to rot), putrefare (decompose, go bad), imputridire (decay, rot), corrompere (become corrupted, bribe, buy, corrupt, debauch, deprave, pervert, pollute, rot, seduce, taint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 썩으십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | memburuk (rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | molkey (decay; putrefaction, mortify, rot, rotting, sepsis), loauaghey (gangrene, go off, rot, rotting), breinnaghey (become smelly, befoul, foul, go off, go off as milk, taint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | putri (rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | utrefypay putrefazer (fester), entrar em putrefação (rot), decompor-se (decompose, rot), corromper-se (palm), apodrecer (decay, fester, molder, moulder, rot, taint). (various references) putrezi (damp off, decay, decompose, fester, ret, rot), se descompune (decay, decompose, disintegrate, fall, fester), se corupe (corrupt), decãdea (decay, decline, deteriorate, dilapidate, fall, fall into decay, go down, go to seed, lapse, rot, ruin, run to seed). (various references) разлагаться (corrupt, decay, decompose), вызывать гниение. (various references) lobh (become putrid, make putrid, putrefy Irish lobhaim, putrify). (various references) istruliti (decompose, rot). (various references) pudrirse (addle, decay, go bad, rot). (various references) ruttna (a body, addle, corrupt, decay, decompose, fester, rot), göra rutten. (various references) เน่าเปื่อย (foul, rotten), ทำให้เน่าเปื่อย (rot). (various references) kokuşturmak, kokuşmak (go bad, rot, taint), cerahat toplamak (suppurate), çürütmek (canker, cause to rot, confute, controvert, contuse, corrode, corrupt, decay, decompose, disproof, disprove, explode, molder, moulder, pick to pieces, rebut, refute, rot, stultify), çürümek (become unsound, canker, decay, decline, decompose, fester, go bad, go off, languish, molder, moulder, perish, ret, rot, sphacelate, spoil). (various references) розкладатися (canker, corrupt, decay, disintegrate, molder, moulder, resolve, rot), гнити (decay, decompose, fester, rot). (various references) pydru (rot), madru (fester, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conputrescebant, conputrescent, conputrescet, conputruerant, conputruerat, conputruerunt, conputruit, liquescens, liquescent, liquescit, putrefactae, putrefactus, putrescat, putrescere. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 16, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai kateliposan ap' autou eiV to prwi kaqaper sunetaxen autoiV mwushV kai ouk epwzesen oude skwlhx egeneto en autw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Feceruntque ita ut praeceperat Moses et non conputruit neque vermis inventus est in eo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei diden so as Moyses hadde comaundide, and it stonk not, ne worme was founde there yn. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they layde it vp till the mornynge as Moses bad ad it stake not nether was there any wormes theri |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses ordered: and it did not putrefy, neither was there any worm therein. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they kept it till the morning as Moses had said: and no smell came from it, and it had no worms. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 16, Verse 24 |
| Cebuano | Ug ilang gitipigan kini hangtud sa pagkabuntag ingon sa gisugo ni Moises; ug kini wala madunot, walay ulod usab niini. |
| Croatian | Ostave to oni za sutra, kako je Mojsije naredio, i niti se usmrdjelo niti su se crvi pojavili. |
| Danish | De lagde det da til Side til næste Dag, som Moses havde befalet, og det kom ikke til at lugte, og der gik ikke Orm deri. |
| Dutch | En zij leiden het op tot den morgen, gelijk als Mozes geboden had; en het stonk niet, en er was geen worm in. |
| Finnish | Ja he panivat sen talteen huomiseksi, niinkuin Mooses oli käskenyt, eikä se ruvennut haisemaan, eikä siihen tullut matoja. |
| French | Ils le laissèrent jusqu`au matin, comme Moïse l`avait ordonné; et cela ne devint point infect, et il ne s`y mit point de vers. |
| German | Und sie ließen's bleiben bis morgen, wie Mose geboten hatte; da ward's nicht stinkend und war auch kein Wurm darin. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jadi makanan yang kelebihan itu mereka simpan untuk besoknya seperti yang diperintahkan Musa; makanan itu tidak menjadi basi dan tidak berulat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka ditaruhnyalah sampai pagi setuju dengan perintah Musa, maka tiada ia itu berbau busuk dan tiada pula ia berulat. |
| Italian | Essi lo misero in serbo fino al mattino, come aveva ordinato Mosè, e non imputridì, né vi si trovarono vermi. |
| Maori | A rongoatia atu ana e ratou mo te ata, i pera ano me ta Mohi i ki ai; kihai hoki i piro, kahore hoki i whai kutukutu. |
| Norwegian | Så lot de det ligge til om morgenen, således som Moses hadde befalt; og det luktet ikke, heller ikke var det makk i det. |
| Portuguese | Guardaram-no, pois, até o dia seguinte, como Moisés tinha ordenado; e não cheirou mal, nem houve nele bicho algum. |
| Rumanian | Au lqsat -o pknq a doua zi dimineaya, cum poruncise Moise; wi nu s`a kmpuyit, wi n`a fqcut viermi. |
| Swedish | Och de ställde det i förvar till följande morgon, såsom Mose hade bjudit; och nu blev det icke illaluktande, ej heller kom mask däri. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "putrefy": putrefying. (additional references) | |
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"Putrefy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Peuterey, Pitoeff, Purefoys, putey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-p-r-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: erupt, turfy, tuyer. | |
-3 letters: fret, fury, pert, prey, pure, pyre, reft, tref, trey, true, turf, tyer, type, tyre, yurt. | |
-4 letters: eft, fer, fet, feu, fey, fry, fur, per, pet, pry, pur, put, pye, ref, rep, ret, rue, rut, rye, try, tup, tye, yep, yet, yup. | |
-5 letters: ef, er, et, pe, re, up, ut, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-p-r-t-u-y" | |
+3 letters: putrefying. | |
+4 letters: perfunctory, pussyfooter, superfluity, typefounder. | |
+5 letters: pussyfooters, respectfully, typefounders. | |
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