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Webster 1913 Edition

Feces

Fe′ces

,
Noun.
pl.
Dregs; sediment; excrement. See
faeces
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Feces

FE'CES

,
Noun.
plu.
[L. faces.]
1.
Dregs; lees; sediment; the matter which subsides in casks of liquor.
2.
Excrement.

Definition 2024

fèces

fèces

See also: feces

French

Alternative forms

Noun

fèces f pl ‎(plural only)

  1. (medicine, plural only) Faeces.
  2. (pharmacy, archaic, plural only) Sediments depositing in a container of murky or cloudy liquid.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faeces

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛs/, /fɛ.sɛs/

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