different between feces vs feres

English

Alternative forms

• faeces (British)
• fæces (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin faec?s, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi?si?z/
• Rhymes: -i?si?z

Noun

feces pl (plural only) (Canada, US)

1. Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.

Usage notes

• This word can be used with plural verbs ("feces have a strong smell") or singular ones ("feces has a strong smell"). Use with plural verbs is more common, especially in Britain, and is the only use recognized by some dictionaries, while others recognize both plural and singular use.

Synonyms

• (discharged animal waste): dung, excrement, faecal matter, caca or guano (of birds or bats only), manure (not used of human faeces)
• night soil, number two (euphemistic)
• doo, poo, poop, boo-boo, and doody (euphemistic or hypocoristic)
• crap, shit, turd, log (vulgar)
• See also Thesaurus:feces

Related terms

• defecate
• faex
• fecal
• feceate
• feculence
• feculent

Translations

References

Latin

Noun

f?c?s

1. nominative plural of f?x
2. accusative plural of f?x
3. vocative plural of f?x

English

Noun

feres

1. plural of fere

Anagrams

• Frees, Frese, frees, reefs

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?fe.??s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fe.?es/
• Rhymes: -e?es

Noun

feres

1. plural of fera

Verb

feres

1. second-person singular preterite indicative form of fer

Latin

Verb

fer?s

1. second-person singular future active indicative of fer?

Portuguese

Verb

feres

1. second-person singular present indicative of ferir