pétomane
French, noun/pe.to.man/
pétomane is spelled P-É-T-O-M-A-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pétomane is a French feminine noun meaning “a flatulist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui pète abondamment”.
What does pétomane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea flatulist
- 2
femininemasculinea prolific farter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui pète abondamment. 2. Le Pétomane, artiste de la Belle Époque. 3. (Par extension) Artiste dont la prestation consiste à produire des pets modulées.
adjective: 1. Qui pète abondamment.
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 pétomane
- pétomanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétomane?
- /pe.to.man/
- /pe.tɔ.man/
- \pe.to.man\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pétomane in French?
pétomane appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).