The asafoetida is gone, but the smell remains.
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Asafoetida
//ˌæsəˈfɛtɪdə//
Synonyms for "asafoetida" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
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Translations
64 translations across 47 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- duiwelsdrek noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Arabic
1 entries- حِلْتِيت noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Armenian
2 entries- անգուժատ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- քաղբան noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Balinese
1 entries- hinggu noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Burmese
1 entries- ရှိန်းခို noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Dutch
1 entries- duivelsdrek noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- düvelsdreck noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Finnish
2 entries- hajupihka noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- pirunpihka noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
French
1 entries- ase fétide noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
German
2 entries- Asant noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- Teufelsdreck noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Gujarati
1 entries- હિંગ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Hindi
3 entries- हिंग noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- हीँग noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- हींग noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Hungarian
2 entries- bűzös aszat noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- bűzös husáng noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Icelandic
1 entries- djöflatað noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Italian
1 entries- assafetida noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Jingpho
1 entries- hkying hku noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Kannada
1 entries- ಇಂಗು noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Kazakh
1 entries- кеурексасыр noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Lao
1 entries- ມະຫາຫິງ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Low German
1 entries- düwelsdreck noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Malayalam
1 entries- കായം noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Marathi
1 entries- हिंग noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Middle Armenian
2 entries- անգուժատ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- մաղթ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Mon
1 entries- ၚု noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Nepali
1 entries- हिङ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dyvelsdrek noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- حلتیت noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- شیطان بوقی noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Pashto
1 entries- انجه noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Persian
4 entries- انگدان noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- انگژد noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- رافه noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- هنگ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Polish
3 entries- asafetyda noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- czarcie łajno noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- smrodzieniec noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Portuguese
1 entries- assafétida noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Romagnol
1 entries- asafëtida noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Sanskrit
1 entries- हिङ्गु noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Shan
1 entries- သိင်းၶူဝ်ႇ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Spanish
1 entries- asafétida noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Swedish
1 entries- dyvelsträck noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Tagalog
2 entries- asapetida noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- inggo noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Tajik
1 entries- ров noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Tamil
1 entries- பெருங்காயம் noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Telugu
1 entries- ఇంగువ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Thai
1 entries- มหาหิงคุ์ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཤིང་ཀུན noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Tocharian B
1 entries- aṅkwaṣ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Turkish
2 entries- hiltit noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- şeytantersi noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Urdu
1 entries- ہینگ noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Welsh
3 entries- asaffeta noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- baw diawl noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
- drewgi noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Yiddish
1 entries- טײַוולסקויט noun (resinous gum from wild fennel)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Nigh Whormoot are Duzgun, Laztan-De, and other Townes, where is got the best Assa-Fætida through all the Orient: the tree is like our brier in height, the leaves resemble Fig leaves, the root the Radish: the vertue had need be much, it stincks so odiously.
Source: wiktionary
CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.
Source: wiktionary
The smell, too, is often perverted—Parosmia. The author was formerly acquainted with a lady, who scented her snuff with the tincture of assafœtida.
Source: wiktionary
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