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Fart

English

Etymology

From Middle English farten < Old English feortan < Germanic *fertan , *fartōn < Proto-Indo-European *perd- (to fart), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

fä(r)t, /fɑː(r)t/, /fA:(r)t/

Noun

fart (plural: farts )

An emission of digestive gases from the anus.

Usage note

Some regions of the US (especially rural) consider the word fart to be vulgar, other regions (especially urban) do not consider the word vulgar at all. In written discourse to wide areas within the US, the word is best replaced with a euphemism.

Synonyms

air biscuit
bottom burp
flatus
fluffer-doodle
poot
(Cockney rhyming slang): raspberry tart
toot

Translations

fart (noun)

Arabic: حَبْقَةٌ (ħábqa) f, ضَرْطَةٌ (ɖárʈa) f, فَسْوَةٌ (fáswa) f
Breton: bramm
Catalan: pet
Chinese: 屁 (pì)
Czech: prd m
Danish: fjært c (bookish); prut c (hypocoristic); fis c
Dutch: wind m, scheet m
Finnish: pieru
Flemish: prot m
French: pet m
Galician: peido m
German: Furz m, Fürze pl
Greek (Modern): πορδή (pordí) f
Hebrew: נפיחנות (n'fikhanút) f, נפיחה (n'fikháh) f
Hungarian: fing , pú
Interlingua: flatulentia , flato
Italian: scoreggia f, peto m
Japanese: 屁 (へ, he), おなら (onara)

Korean: 방구 (bang-gu), 방귀 (bang-gwi)
Kurdish: fis , kuş , piv , tirr
Latvian: pirdiens m
Maltese: fiswa f
Neapolitan: fiéto m, lòffa f, pìreto m
Norwegian: fis m, fjert m, propp m, vind m
Occitan: pet m
Persian: گوز (guz), باد شکم (bāde šekam)
Polish: pierdnięcie n
Portuguese: peido m
Romanian: vânt n, flatulenţă f, băşină f, pârţ n
Russian: пердь (perd', interjection), пердёж (perdjóž) m, пердение (perdénije) n; бздёх (bzdjokh) m (silent fart)
Spanish: pedo m
Swahili: shuzi sg, mashuzi pl (noun 5/6)
Swedish: fis c, fjärt c, prutt c
Thai: ตด (tòt)
Turkish: osuruk
Urdu: پاد (pād), ٹهسکى (ʈhəski)

Verb

to fart (farts , farted , farting )

To emit digestive gases from the anus.

Usage note

Synonyms

be gassy
break wind
cut one loose
cut the cheese
flatulate
float a biscuit
have gas
let one rip
pass gas
poot
step on a frog
toot

Translations

to fart (verb)

Arabic: حَبَقَ (ħábaqa), ضَرَطَ (ɖáraʈa), فَسَا (fasáː)
Bulgarian: пускам газове (púskam gázove)
Czech: prdět (frequentative or continuative ) / prdnout si (semelfactive); pšoukat / pšouknout (si) (to fart silently)
Danish: fjærte (bookish); prutte (childish); fise
Dutch: een wind laten, scheet laten
Finnish: pieraista (semelfactive), piereskellä (frequentative or continuative ), pierrä
Flemish: protten , een prot laten
French: péter
German: furzen
Greek (Modern): πέρδω (pérdo)
Interlingua: flatular
Hungarian: fingni , púzni
Inuktitut: nilertok
Italian: scoreggiare , fare un peto
Japanese: おならをする (onara o surú), 屁をひる (へをひる , he o hiru)

Korean: 방구뀌다 (bangguggui-da)
Latvian: pirst
Neapolitan: peretià , sbernacchià , speretià
Norwegian: fise , fjerte , proppe , slippe en vind
Ojibwe: boogidi
Polish: pierdzieć
Portuguese: peidar
Russian: пердеть (perdét') / пёрднуть (pjórdnut') / пёрнуть (pjórnut'); бздеть (bzdet') / набздеть (nabzdét') (to fart silently)
Spanish: peerse , soltar un pedo, pedorrear
Swahili: -shuta , -jamba
Swedish: fisa , fjärta , prutta
Thai: ตด (tòht), ผายลม (phááy lom)
Turkish: osurmak
Urdu: پاد ارنا (pād arna), هوا چهو نا (huva č’hu na)
Vietnamese: địt
Yup'ik: nelertuq

Related terms

old fart
a big one
to cut the cheese
gamble and lose (a.k.a. G&L)

French

Noun

fart m

wax (for skis)

Norwegian

Noun

fart

Swedish

Noun

fart

speed

Derived words

avfart
infart
påfart
överfart

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