Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

farty

/ˈfɑː(ɹ)ti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: far-ty
IPA: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)ti/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.

Informal

adj

Causing flatulence.

Informal

adj

Having flatulence.

Informal

adj

Small and insignificant; petty.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"He slaps me playfully on the knee just as Heels opens the flat's door letting in a farty smell of boiling vegetables from the rest of the building."
"Avoid farty foods if you are working in a confined space."
"If the bloody basic bill wasn't bad enough, he discovered all the ironing services she had charged to the room, and she had just wasted another fifteen quid on coffee and farty little chocolate truffles[…]"

Etymology

From fart + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fart

Usage

Informal
British usage

Inflected Forms

fartier (comparative) fartiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

fartily fartiness

Phrases

arty-farty

Synonyms

gassy

Rhymes With

party block party bottle party hearty arty aggrieved party mi-parti mccarty smarty darty clarty

Questions

How do you pronounce farty?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɑː(ɹ)ti/.
What does farty mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.
Where does farty come from?: From fart + -y.

How to pronounce farty

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