putrefaction

Etymology
First attested between 1350 and 1400 from, from , from , from , perfect passive participle of

Noun

 * 1) The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
 * 2) Rotten material.
 * 3) The state of being rotten.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , mädännyttäminen
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, , Verrottung, , Putrefaktion, Putreszenz, Verjauchung
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: σῆψις
 * Ido:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Fuulnis
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: podremia, podrén, podredume
 * Latin: tābēs
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Maori: whakaeronga
 * Russian:

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  rot; rottenness