Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

farter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: farter
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone or something that farts.

noun

One who ambles along slowly.

noun

A bed or sleeping bag

Australian usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"The drive took forty minutes, stuck behind those farters from the backwoods."

Etymology

From Middle English farter, fartare, fertere, equivalent to fart + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for a bed or sleeping bag, + -er (patient suffix). Cognate with German Furzer (“farter”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: farter
Suffix: fart, er

Usage

Inflected Forms

farters (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

fartee

Synonyms

cheese cutter

Questions

What does farter mean?: Someone or something that farts.
Where does farter come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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