# Foreign language Dopers--What is your word for "fart"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 2, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698 "2009-12-02T14:30:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/41 "2009-12-03T08:57:24Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > Never heard of those two until this thread; around this house the noun is _prutt_ and the verb is _prutta_. (My Norstedt’s says _fjärt_ is the less vulgar of the two.) Hmm, I’d say that _prutta_ is less vulgar than _fjärta_. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/42 "2009-12-03T09:14:22Z")
Yeah, that would make more sense to me 'cos Mamma and the kids say it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/43 "2009-12-03T10:29:55Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > Danish is _prutte_, the infinitive being _at prutte_. A “fart” in Danish is a _prut_. The words fis (at fise) and fjært (at fjærte) can also be used. The last one is quite uncommon these days. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/44 "2009-12-03T11:16:34Z")
In Afrikaans, it’s _poep_, which is pronounced with a “-u-” sound like English “put” or “foot”. ---
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/45 "2009-12-03T13:25:12Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Fun with Japanese: > > 言い出しっぺ (_iidashippe_): the one who calls attention to a fart is in fact the farter (the one who brings up a subject must be the first to act upon it) So I guess “whoever smelt it, dealt it” works in both languages… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/46 "2009-12-03T13:52:13Z")
Does a bear pedo in the woods? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/47 "2009-12-03T14:30:04Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Hoist with his own petard, indeed. > > I’ll add the Korean “pongu,” and wonder if some languages use an onomatopoic, while others a word to describe the odor. 방귀, actually. It’s pronounced Bang-gwee. That’s for the noun. The verb is 방귀를 뀌다 (Bang-gwee-ruel ggwee-da/“to break fart”). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/48 "2009-12-03T16:00:42Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Does a bear pedo in the woods? Most pedos aren’t bears. They’re usually little scrawny guys. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/49 "2009-12-03T16:39:00Z")
Farsi: Gooz ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/50 "2009-12-03T17:11:09Z")
> [@YamatoTwinkie](#): > > So I guess “whoever smelt it, dealt it” works in both languages… 🙂 In Latin it would be: _Quisquis olfecit, effecit._ ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/51 "2009-12-03T18:49:10Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > [QUOTE=YamatoTwinkie] > So I guess “whoever smelt it, dealt it” works in both languages… In Latin it would be: _Quisquis olfecit, effecit._ [/QUOTE] I seem to remember a similar expression in Dutch but it’s been a while since I’ve used it since, well, I’m not in grade five anymore. Anyway, here goes: ‘_Wie het 't eerste ruikt, heeft zelf z’n_ [_d’r_, for the ladies] _poepertje gebruikt_’ - Who smells it first, used his/her own pooper. ---
**Author:** ![Xotan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/278dde/32.png) [@Xotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xotan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/52 "2009-12-03T19:28:56Z")
In Irish it’s ‘scairt’. Not surprisingly a jet plane is scairt eitlean, literally a fartplane. Beware of airports! They do have a strange smell too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/53 "2009-12-04T14:23:58Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I just want to add that this is my favorite thread of the _ **year** _. It combines two of my favorite things: farts and learning! Thank you. And it made Threadspotting! Where else but on the Dope? ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/54 "2009-12-04T16:25:01Z")
My Korean daughter-in-law and her family use “pongu” also. > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Hoist with his own petard, indeed. > > I’ll add the Korean “pongu,” and wonder if some languages use an onomatopoic, while others a word to describe the odor. > [@Monty](#): > > 방귀, actually. It’s pronounced Bang-gwee. That’s for the noun. The verb is 방귀를 뀌다 (Bang-gwee-ruel ggwee-da/“to break fart”). ---
**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/55 "2009-12-04T16:38:25Z")
In India, where Hindi is the language most widely used, at least in the northern part, it is called “paad”. The last ‘d’ is pronounced flat, more like ‘th’ in ‘the’. I am proud of my contrbution to the Dope.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Misery\_Loves\_Co](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Misery\_Loves\_Co](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misery_Loves_Co)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/56 "2009-12-04T17:10:09Z")
Italian has the same latin-derived “peto” (farsi un peto), and “scoreggiare” (soft “g” as in “gentle”). I leave it as an exercise to the reader to consider the onomatopoeic comparison of these two words. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/57 "2009-12-04T21:12:05Z")
> [@wisernow](#): > > In India, where Hindi is the language most widely used, at least in the northern part, it is called “paad”. > > The last ‘d’ is pronounced flat, more like ‘th’ in ‘the’. So, like, a dental d versus a retroflex d? Voiced or unvoiced? Dental unvoiced: द् Dental voiced: ध् Retroflex unvoiced: ड् Retroflex voiced: ढ् ---
**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/58 "2009-12-04T21:23:10Z")
Dental unvoiced: द् That. By the way, that’s cool, but how do you get the Hindi alphabets to appear in your post? ---
**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/59 "2009-12-04T21:29:40Z")
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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698/60 "2009-12-04T21:43:52Z")
> [@wisernow](#): > > By the way, that’s cool, but how do you get the Hindi alphabets to appear in your post? Copying and pasting from [the Wikipedia article on Devanagari](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari). (Thank you, one month of Sanskrit in college! :D) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-dopers-what-is-your-word-for-fart/519698.md?page=4)