pétomane
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See also: petomane
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pétomane m or f by sense (plural pétomanes)
- a flatulist
- 1967 July 5, Le Canard enchaîné, cited in Manfred Höfler, Zur Integration der neulateinischen Kompositionsweise im Französischen, dargestellt an den Bildungen auf -(o)manie, -(o)mane, 1972 (Max Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen), page 73.
- Henri Sirene chantera pas, il ne jouera d’aucun instrument: il a été engagé comme pétomane.
- Henri Sirene will not sing, he will not play any instrument: he has been employed as a flatulist.
- 1967 July 5, Le Canard enchaîné, cited in Manfred Höfler, Zur Integration der neulateinischen Kompositionsweise im Französischen, dargestellt an den Bildungen auf -(o)manie, -(o)mane, 1972 (Max Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen), page 73.
- a prolific farter
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Further reading[edit]
“pétomane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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