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flatulence

French, noun/fla.ty.lɑ̃s/

flatulence is spelled F-L-A-T-U-L-E-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flatulence is a French feminine noun meaning “flatulence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État physique causé par les flatuosités”.

What does flatulence mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineflatulence

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. État physique causé par les flatuosités. 2. Accumulation de gaz dans l'intestin générant des ballonnements, et qui sont la cause des flatuosités ou pets.

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 flatulence

  • flatulences plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce flatulence?

  • /fla.ty.lɑ̃s/
  • \fla.ty.lɑ̃s\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to flatulence

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is flatulence in French?

flatulence appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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