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fart¹

  • /fɑːt/ UK
  • /fɑɹt/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English *feortan, from Proto-West Germanic *fertan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-.

The noun is from Middle English fert, fart, from the verb.

verb farts · farting · farted

  1. informal, intransitive To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate. I fart with twenty ladies by; / They call me beast; and what care I?

    Similar: beef, blow off, break wind, cut one loose, cut the cheese, flatulate, toot, pass gas, pass wind, badger, break ass, bust ass

  2. figuratively, informal, transitive To emit (fumes, gases, etc.). Above his head the funnel farted black soot into the sky.

noun farts

  1. informal An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigella?

    Similar: flatus

  2. derogatory An irritating person; a fool.
  3. Maine One who is inflexibly meticulous.

FART²

  • /fɑːt/ UK
  • /fɑɹt/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

Acronym of feminism-appropriating reactionary transphobe deliberately constructed to be homonymous with fart.

noun FARTs

  1. derogatory A trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF). Reminder that FARTs don't actually believe trans women are men. They don't speak to people they think are men the way they do to trans women.

    Similar: GC, GCF, gendercrit, gendercritter, TERF, terven

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: break wind, flatus, wind, breaking wind, flatulence, squirt, puff, bum, busted, pet, blow, crack, tacky, schmuck, snap, explode

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verb to emit flatulent gases

Españolpeer, soltar/tirarse un pedo, pedorrear, ventosear
한국어방귀뀌다 banggwikkwida, 방귀를 뀌다 banggwi-reul kkwida
日本語おならをする onara o suru, 放屁する hōhi suru, 屁をひる he o hiru, 屁をこく he o koku
中文放屁 fàngpì, 放氣 /放气 fàngqì
हिन्दीपादना pādnā, हवा छोड़ना havā choṛnā, पाद मारना pād mārnā
Kiswahili-shuta, -jamba
Portuguêspeidar
Françaispéter, faire un pet, faire un prout, prouter, lâcher une caisse, avoir des gaz
Deutschfurzen, pfurzen, pupsen, einen fahren lassen
Italianoscoreggiare, fare un peto
Ελληνικάκλάνω kláno, πέρδομαι pérdomai, πορδίζω pordízo
Românăbăși, pârțâi
Русскийперде́ть impf пёрднуть perdétʹ, пёрнуть pjórnutʹ, бздеть bzdetʹ, набзде́ть nabzdétʹ, пу́кать púkatʹ, пу́кнуть púknutʹ
Tiếng Việtđịt, chùi gháu, đánh rắm, đánh địt
العربيةحَبَقَ ḥabaqa, ضَرَطَ ḍaraṭa, فَسَا fasā
עבריתהפליץ hiflíts

verb to emit (fumes, gases, etc.)

Русскийперде́ть perdétʹ

noun an emission of flatulent gases

Españolpedo, cuesco
한국어방귀 banggwi
日本語屁 he, おなら onara
中文屁 pì, 放屁 fàngpì
हिन्दीपाद pād
Kiswahilishuzi
Portuguêspeido, pum, bufa
Françaispet, vesse
DeutschFurz, Fürze, Pups
Italianoscoreggia, peto, flato, loffa, vescia
Ελληνικάπορδή pordí, κλανιά klaniá
Românăvânt, flatulență, bășină, pârț
Русскийперде́ние perdénije, пу́кание púkanije, пердёж perdjóž, бздёж bzdjož
Tiếng Việtđánh rắm, trung tiện, rắm, địt
العربيةحَبْقَة ḥabqa, ضَرْطَة ḍarṭa, فَسْوَة faswa
עבריתנפיחה n’fikháh, פלוץ flotz, נאד nod

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FrançaisFART

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@misc{fart_2026,
  title = {fart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}