Faeces

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Usage 1.1.2 Alternative spellings 1.1.3 Synonyms 1.1.4 Translations 1.2 Related terms

English

Noun

faeces (plural)

1. animal digested food or waste discharged from the bowels, typically into a toilet.

Usage

Used primarily in British and South African English.

Alternative spellings

• fæces (dated)
• feces (US)

Synonyms

• excrement
• (of birds only): guano
• manure (not used of human faeces)
• (euphemistic or hypocoristic): doo, poo, and poop
• (vulgar; all uncountable except as indicated): crap, shit, turd (singular, countable)

Translations

Chinese: 粪便 Danish: afføring c. Dutch: faeces pl., uitwerpselen n. Finnish: uloste French: fèces f. pl. German: Fäkalien f. pl. Ilocano: takki Italian: feci f. pl.

Japanese: 糞便, 大便, うんこ (unko) Norwegian: avføring Persian: گه (goh) Spanish: heces f. pl. Swahili: mavi pl (noun 6) Tagalog: tae Tausug: tay' Urdu: باتهرو٠(bathrum), پا خانه (pê khâneh)

Related terms

• defecate
• faecal
• feceate

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