fèces
French, noun/fɛs/
fèces is spelled F-È-C-E-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fèces is a French feminine noun meaning “faeces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sédiment qui reste au fond d’un liquide trouble, après qu’on l’a laissé reposer”.
What does fèces mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefaeces
- 2
archaicfemininesediments depositing in a container of murky or cloudy liquid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sédiment qui reste au fond d’un liquide trouble, après qu’on l’a laissé reposer. 2. Dépôts qui se forment au fond des barriques d’huile, et qu’on employait pour faire le mastic. 3. Excréments solides de l’homme ou des animaux, formés des résidus de la digestion.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fèces
- fæces alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fèces?
- /fɛs/
- /fɛ.sɛs/
- /fe.sɛs/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fèces
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fèces in French?
fèces appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).