Definition
The quality or state of containing sediment, starch, or waste matter; cloudiness or turbidity caused by fine particles.
Etymology
From Latin 'faecula' (sediment) plus Old French and English '-ence' suffix indicating a state or condition. This term was incorporated into English scientific vocabulary in the 1600s-1700s.
Kelly Says
This word was essential in early modern chemistry and medicine when scientists were trying to purify liquids and understand what made them cloudy—the term captures a whole era of trial-and-error laboratory work!
Translations
ARالعربية
فضلات
fahd-laht
BNবাংলা
পায়খানা
paay-kha-na
CACatalà
feculent
feh-ku-lent
CSČeština
exkrement
eks-krement
DADansk
afføring
af-foer-ing
DEDeutsch
Fäkalität
fay-ka-li-taet
ELΕλληνικά
αποβλήσεις
a-po-vli-se-es
ESEspañol
fecalidad
feh-kah-lee-dad
FISuomi
uloste
oo-los-teh
FRFrançais
fécalité
fay-kah-lee-te
IDBahasa Indonesia
kotoran
ko-to-ran
ITItaliano
fecalità
feh-kah-lee-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
kotoran
ko-to-ran
NLNederlands
fecaliteit
feh-kah-lee-teyt
NONorsk
avføring
av-foering
PLPolski
fekalia
feh-ka-lee-a
PTPortuguês
fecalidade
feh-kah-lee-dah-deh
RORomână
fecale
feh-kah-leh
RUРусский
фекалия
feh-ka-lee-ya
SVSvenska
avföring
av-foer-ing
SWKiswahili
mikopo
mee-ko-po
TEతెలుగు
వ్యసనం
vy-sa-nam
UKУкраїнська
фекалії
feh-ka-lii
ZUZU
isigqoko
ee-see-gqo-ko