flatus

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flatus

/ˈfleɪtəs/ US, UK
/ˈflætəs/ obsolete

Rhymes with -eɪtəs

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Learned borrowing from Latin flātus (“blowing, wind, fart”). First attested in the 1660s–1670s.

noun flatuses · flatus

uncountable Gas generated in the digestive tract. This expression is utterly devoid of meaning, a mere flatus vocis.
countable The expulsion of such gas through the anus. The point of quoque with illos is that those flatus, which have the right to be called winds, are also subject to laws like the winds themselves.
Similar: flatulence, fart
countable, obsolete, uncountable Morbid inflation or swelling. 1730 April, Jonathan Swift, "A Vindication of the Lord Carteret", in Thomas Sheridan and John Nichols (Eds.), The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, Volume IX, J. Johnson &c. (1801), page 226, […] an incensed political surgeon, who is not in much renown for his me

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noun gas generated in the digestive tract

Español	flato
中文	腸胃氣 /肠胃气 chángwèiqì
Português	flato
Italiano	flato, flatulenza, scoreggia, rutto, peto
Русский	ве́тры vétry

noun expulsion of such gas through the anus

Español	ventosidad
中文	屁 pì
Português	flato
Italiano	peto, scoreggia, rutto, flatulenza, flato

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@misc{flatus_2026,
  title = {flatus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flatus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}