flatulence

Etymology
From, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
 * 2) The release of such gas; breaking wind.

Usage notes
A formal Latinate term, used in medical and scientific discourse, but also euphemistically to avoid crude terms such as. Compare.

Related terms

 * See also Thesaurus:flatulence

Translations

 * Arabic: نَفْخ, نَفْخَة, فسوة
 * Bikol Central: sudol
 * Cebuano: butod
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 脹氣
 * Czech: plynatost
 * Danish: fjært (old-fashioned); ; fis
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: flatulencia,, peido
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hiligaynon: butod
 * Hungarian:, , flatulencia
 * Ilocano: agbu
 * Interlingua: flatulentia
 * Irish: gaofaireacht
 * Middle Irish: gáethamlacht, gáethmairecht
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kapampangan: atut
 * Korean:
 * Maranao: tamnok
 * Old English: wind
 * Pangasinan: lebag
 * Polish: gazy, wiatry
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: flatulență
 * Russian:, скопле́ние га́зов,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gaoth, bramasag
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swedish: väderspänning, ,
 * Tagalog: kabag
 * Thai: ท้องอืด, ท้องเฟ้อ
 * Waray-Waray: lagdos

Etymology
From.