fart

English

Verb

fart ‎(third-person singular simple present farts, present participle farting, simple past and past participle farted)

(informal, mildly vulgar) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
- 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy:
  I fart with twenty ladies by; / They call me beast; and what care I?
(colloquial, usually as "fart around") To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.

Synonyms

emit flatulent gases

(waste time with aimless activities): futz, fool around, fool about

See also Wikisaurus:flatulate

Translations

to emit flatulent gases

Afrikaans: poep
Albanian: pjerdh (sq)
Arabic: حَبَقَ ‎(ḥabaqa), ضَرَطَ ‎(ḍaraṭa), فَسَا ‎(fasā)
Moroccan Arabic: حْزق ‎(ḥzəq)
Armenian: տռել ‎(tṙel) (loudly), թսել ‎(tʿsel) (silently)
Aromanian: bes
Azeri: osurmaq
Belarusian: пярдзе́ць impf ‎(pjardzjécʹ)
Bengali: পাদা ‎(pada)
Bikol Central: atot
Bulgarian: пърдя́ impf ‎(pǎrdjá)
Burmese: လေလည် (my) ‎(lelany), လေစုန် (my) ‎(lecun)
Catalan: petar (ca)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 放屁 ‎(fong³ pei³)

Hakka: 打屁 ‎(tá-phi), 打屁卵 ‎(tá-phi-lón)

Mandarin: 放屁 (zh) ‎(fàngpì), 放氣 (zh), 放气 (zh) ‎(fàngqì)

Min Nan: 放屁 (zh-min-nan) ‎(pàng-phùi)
Classical Nahuatl: iyexi
Czech: prdět (frequentative or continuative), (semelfactive) prdnout si, pšoukat, (to fart silently; si) pšouknout, pouštět větry impf, bzdít (cs) impf
Danish: fjærte (bookish), prutte (da) (childish), fise
Dutch: een wind laten (nl), scheet laten (nl), protten (Belgium), een prot laten (Belgium)
Esperanto: furzi
Estonian: peeretama
Faroese: frata, prumpa
Finnish: pieraista (fi) (semelfactive), piereskellä (fi) (frequentative or continuative), pierrä (fi)
French: péter (fr), faire un pet, faire un prout
Georgian: გაზებზე გასვლა ‎(gazebze gasvla), გაკუება ‎(gaḳueba), კუილი ‎(ḳuili), გაცუება ‎(gacueba), ცუილი ‎(cuili)
German: furzen (de), pupsen (de)
Greek: κλάνω (el) ‎(kláno), πέρδομαι (el) ‎(pérdomai)
Gujarati: પાદવું ‎(pādvũ)
Hindi: पादना (hi) ‎(pādnā), हवा छोड़ना ‎(havā choṛnā), पाद मारना ‎(pād mārnā)
Hungarian: fingik (hu), púzik
Icelandic: prumpa, freta
Ido: flatuar (io)
Indonesian: kentut (id)
Interlingua: flatular
Inuktitut: nilertok
Irish: broim
Italian: scoreggiare (it), fare un peto (it)
Japanese: おならをする ‎(onara o suru), 放屁する ‎(ほうひする, hōhi suru), 屁をひる ‎(へをひる, he o hiru), 屁をこく ‎(へをこく, he o koku)
Kazakh: осыру ‎(osırw)
Khmer: ផោម (km) ‎(pʰaom)

Korean: 방귀뀌다 ‎(banggwikkwida)
Lao: ຕົດ ‎(tot), ຜາຍລົມ ‎(phāi lom)
Latgalian:
Latin: pēdō
Latvian: pirst
Lithuanian: gadinti orą, persti (lt), bezdėti
Macedonian: пр́ди ‎(pŕdi), пу́ва ‎(púva), ту́шка ‎(túška)
Malay: kentut (ms)
Maori: pīhau, patero (noisy)
Marathi: पादणे ‎(pādṇe)
Mongolian: унгах (mn) ‎(ungah)
Navajo: hadilzééh (fart silently), atłʼiid
Neapolitan: peretià, sbernacchià, speretià
Nepali: पाद्नु ‎(pādnu)
Norwegian: fise (no), fjerte, proppe, prompe (no), slippe en vind
Ojibwe: ^{(please verify)}ᐴᑭᑦ (boogid) vii, ^{(please verify)}ᐴᑭᑎ (boogidi) vai, ^{(please verify)}ᐴᑭᒋᑕᓐ (boogijidan) vti, ^{(please verify)}ᐴᑭᒋᔥ (boogijizh) vta
Persian: گوزیدن (fa) ‎(guzidan), چسیدن ‎(čosidan)
Polish: pierdzieć (pl) impf
Portuguese: peidar (pt)
Quechua: supiy (audible), thasay (inaudible)
Rajasthani: पादणौ ‎(pādṇau)
Romanian: băși, pârțâi (ro)
Russian: перде́ть (ru) impf ‎(perdétʹ) пёрднуть (ru) pf ‎(pjórdnutʹ), пёрнуть (ru) pf ‎(pjórnutʹ), бздеть (ru) impf ‎(bzdetʹ), набзде́ть (ru) pf ‎(nabzdétʹ) (to fart silently), (less crude) пу́кать (ru) impf ‎(púkatʹ), пу́кнуть (ru) pf ‎(púknutʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: прдети, прдјети, ^{(please verify)}прдити} pf ; прнути / прднути

Roman: prdeti, prdjeti (sh), prditi (sh) impf, prnuti (sh), prdnuti (sh) pf
Slovak: prdieť impf, prdnúť pf
Slovene: prdeti (sl) impf
Spanish: peer (es), soltar un pedo, pedorrear (es)
Swahili: -shuta, -jamba
Swedish: fisa (sv), fjärta (sv), prutta (sv)
Tagalog: utot
Telugu: పిత్తు (te) ‎(pittu)
Thai: ตด ‎(tòt), ผายลม ‎(phááy lom)
Turkish: osurmak (tr)
Ukrainian: перді́ти impf ‎(perdíty)
Urdu: پاد مارنا ‎(pād mārnā), ہوا چھوڑنا ‎(havā ćho.rnā), پادنا ‎(pādnā)
Uzbek: osuruk
Vietnamese: địt (vi), chùi gháu
Walloon: peter (wa), vesser (wa), proutler (wa), brodler (wa)
Welsh: rhech (cy)
Yiddish: פֿאַרצן ‎(fartsn)
Yup'ik: nelertuq

Noun

fart ‎(plural farts)

(informal) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. [from 15th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
  Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart, for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad […].
(colloquial, vulgar) An irritating person; a fool.
(colloquial, vulgar, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.

Synonyms

an emission of flatulent gases

Derived terms

Terms derived from fart (noun)

Translations

an emission of flatulent gases

Afrikaans: poep
Albanian: pordhë (sq), fëndë
Amuzgo: jndyè jndi'
Arabic: حَبْقَة f ‎(ḥabqa), ضَرْطَة f ‎(ḍarṭa), فَسْوَة f ‎(faswa)
Hijazi Arabic: ضَرْطَة f ‎(ẓarṭa), فَسْوَة f ‎(faswa)
Armenian: տեռ ‎(teṙ)
Aromanian: bishinã
Breton: bramm (br)
Bulgarian: пръдня (bg) f ‎(prǎdnjá)
Catalan: pet (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 屁 (zh) ‎(pì), 放屁 (zh) ‎(fàngpì)
Classical Nahuatl: iyelli
Czech: prd (cs) m
Danish: fjært c (bookish); prut (da) c (hypocoristic); fis c
Dutch: wind (nl) m, scheet (nl) m
Esperanto: furzo
Finnish: pieru (fi), (silent fart) tuhnu
French: pet (fr) m, vesse (fr) f
Friulian: pêt m
Galician: peido m
Georgian: გაკუება ‎(gaḳueba), კუილი ‎(ḳuili), გაცუება ‎(gacueba), ცუილი ‎(cuili)
German: Furz (de) m, Fürze (de) pl, Pups (de) m
Greek: πορδή (el) f ‎(pordí), κλανιά (el) f ‎(klaniá)
Hebrew: נפיחנות f ‎(n’fikhanút), נפיחה (he) f ‎(n’fikháh)
Hindi: पाद (hi) ‎(pād)
Hungarian: fing (hu), pú
Ido: flatuo (io)
Indonesian: kentut (id)
Interlingua: flatulentia, flato
Irish: broim m, broimneach f, ruagán m, tuthóg f
Italian: scoreggia (it) f, peto (it) m, flato m, loffa (it) f, vescia f
Japanese: 屁 (ja) ‎(へ, he), おなら (ja) ‎(onara)
Khmer: ផោម (km) ‎(pʰaom)
Korean: 방귀 (ko) ‎(banggwi)
Kurdish: fis (ku), kuş (ku), piv (ku), tirr (ku)
Ladin: tretlé, tré n pët
Lao:
Latin: flātulentia f

Latvian: pirdiens m
Macedonian: прдеж m ‎(p'rdež), прдење n ‎(p'rdenje), пувеж m ‎(púvež), цуфеж m ‎(cúfež), тушкање n ‎(túškanje)
Maltese: fiswa f
Maori: pīhau, patero (noisy)
Mongolian:
Navajo: tłʼid
Neapolitan: fiéto m, lòffa f, pìreto m
Norwegian: fis (no) m, fjert m, propp m, promp (no) m, vind (no) m
Occitan: pet m
Ojibwe: ᐴᑭᑎᐎᓐ (boogidiwin)
Persian: گوز (fa) ‎(guz)
Polish: pierdnięcie (pl) n
Portuguese: peido (pt) m, pum (pt) m
Quechua: supi (qu)
Romani:

Carpathian Romani: riľ (East Slovak Romani), khaň (East Slovak Romani)

Vlax Romani: khaj (noiseless), ril (audible); khaj (Kalderash, noiseless), řîl (Kalderash, audible)
Romanian: vânt (ro) n, flatulență f, bășină f, pârț (ro) n
Russian: перде́ние n ‎(perdénije), пу́кание (ru) n ‎(púkanije) (silent or less crude), пердёж (ru) m ‎(perdjóž), бздёж (ru) m ‎(bzdjož)
Sicilian: pìditu (scn), pìritu (scn)
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: pjerd m

Upper Sorbian: pjerd m
Spanish: pedo (es) m
Swahili: shuzi sg, mashuzi pl (noun 5/6)
Swedish: fis (sv) c, fjärt (sv) c, prutt (sv) c
Telugu: పిత్తి ‎(pitti)
Thai: ตด ‎(tòt)
Turkish: osuruk (tr)
Urdu: پاد ‎(pād), ٹهسکى ‎(ṭhaskī)
Venetian: peto m
Vietnamese: đánh rắm (vi)
Welsh: rhech (cy) m
Yiddish: פֿאָרץ m ‎(forts)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fartus.

Adjective

fart m ‎(feminine farta, masculine plural farts, feminine plural fartes)

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fart/, [fɑːˀd̥]

Noun

fart c (singular definite farten, plural indefinite farter)

(uncountable) speed
Mange trafikulykker sker på grund af for høj fart.‎
Many accidents happen because of excessive speed.
(sailing) : trip; journey; trade.

Der er en stigning i antallet af farter mellem Asien og Europa.‎
There is an increase in the number of trades between Asia and Europe.

At være på farten
To be on the move.

Derived terms

terms derived from "fart"

Inflection

sailing

Inflection of fart

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fart	farten	farter	farterne
genitive	farts	fartens	farters	farternes

References

“fart” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faʁ/

Noun

fart m ‎(plural farts)

wax (for skis)

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowing from Danish fart.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /far̥t/
Rhymes: -ar̥t

Noun

fart f ‎(genitive singular fartar, no plural)

(informal) speed
Það er nú meiri fartin á þér, drengur!‎
My, you sure seem to be in a hurry, son!

Declension

declension of fart

	indefinite	definite
f-s2	singular
nominative	fart	fartin
accusative	fart	fartina
dative	fart	fartinni
genitive	fartar	fartarinnar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vart, related to fare ‎(“fare, travel”).

Noun

fart m ‎(definite singular farten, indefinite plural farter, definite plural fartene)

Synonyms

(velocity): hastighet, tempo
(movement): bevegelse, gang
(transportation): ferdsel, reise, tur
(high speed, vigor): fres, driv, liv

Derived terms

Verb

fart

past participle of fare

References

“fart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“fart” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Old High German

Alternative forms

vart

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fardiz, whence also Old English fyrd, Old Norse ferð.

Noun

fart f

trip
ride

Descendants

German: Fahrt

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fart/

Noun

fart m inan

(colloquial) luck
(colloquial) fluke; stroke of luck

Declension

declension of fart

	singular
nominative	fart
genitive	farta
dative	fartowi
accusative	fart
instrumental	fartem
locative	farcie
vocative	farcie

Synonyms

(luck): szczęście
(fluke): fuks, łut szczęścia

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vart, from Old Saxon fard, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. Cognate with Swedish färd, Dutch vaart, German Fahrt.

Pronunciation

Noun

fart c

speed
- 1917, Bible, Jeremiah 48:16:
  Snart kommer Moabs ofärd, och hans olycka hastar fram med fart.
  Soon comes Moab’s calamity, and his misery hastes with speed.

Declension

Inflection of fart
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fart	farten	farter	farterna
Genitive	farts	fartens	farters	farternas

Usage notes

As a suffix in certain compounds (listed separately below) this word takes on the meaning of road, ramp, or journey, just like German Fahrt or Swedish färd, rather than the standalone meaning of speed. Similar compounds with the suffix -färd exist, with slightly different meaning.
In many compounds and in more formal or scientific use, speed translates to hastighet ‎(“velocity”) rather than fart.

Derived terms

fartbegränsning
farthinder
fartkamera
fartkontroll

compounds with the meaning of road, ramp, or journey

avfart
infart
överfart
påfart
tillfart
underfart
utfart

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