Rot

//ɹɒt//

Synonyms for "rot" (238 found)

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Closest matches (48)

Verb(1 words)
molder

Strong matches (71)

Verb(1 words)
decompose

Related words (119)

Proper Noun(1 words)
roa

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

8 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

75 entries

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

147 translations across 74 languages.

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Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • σήπομαι verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • σήπω verb ((transitive) to make putrid)
  • σήπω verb ((transitive) to cause to deteriorate in any way, as in morals)
  • σαπρίζω verb ((transitive) to make putrid)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَفْسَدَ verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • خاس verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • خاس verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • خَمَّج verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Armenian

2 entries
  • նեխել verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • փտել verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • putridzãscu verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Assamese

1 entries
  • গেলা verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • çürümək verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Bangi

1 entries
  • pola verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Basque

1 entries
  • usteldu verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • гніць verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Breton

1 entries
  • breinañ verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • глупости noun (verbal nonsense — see also nonsense)
  • гниене noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • гни́я verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Catalan

1 entries
  • podrir verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 爛 /烂 verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 腐病 noun (disease in which breakdown of tissue occurs)
  • 腐化 verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • 腐壞 /腐坏 verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • 腐爛 /腐烂 verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • гнити verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Cornish

2 entries
  • breyna verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • pedri verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Czech

1 entries
  • hnít verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Danish

1 entries
  • rådne verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Dutch

2 entries
  • rotten verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • vergaan verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Erzya

1 entries
  • наксадомс verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • putri verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Estonian

1 entries
  • mädanema verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Finnish

4 entries
  • mätäneminen noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • lahota verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • mädäntyä verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • mädätä verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

French

1 entries
  • pourrir verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Galician

1 entries
  • podrecer verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დალპობა verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • ლპობა verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • ჩალპობა verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • ხრწნა verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

German

4 entries
  • faulen verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • in Fäulnis übergehen verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • putreszieren verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • sich zersetzen verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Greek

2 entries
  • σαπίζω verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • σαπίζω verb ((transitive) to make putrid)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נרקב verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • rohad verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • rothad verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • mehestyä verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • märkänessä verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • märätä verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Irish

1 entries
  • lobh verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Italian

4 entries
  • imputridire verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • marcire verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • putrefare verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • putrefarsi verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 腐る verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Khmer

1 entries
  • រលួយ verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Kituba

1 entries
  • bola verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Korean

2 entries
  • 부패하다 verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • 썩다 verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • чирүү verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • ылжыроо verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • pyut verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • trupēt verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Latin

4 entries
  • cariēs noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • pūtor noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • tabēs noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • putrefaciō verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Latvian

1 entries
  • pūt verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Lingala

1 entries
  • pola verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • pūti verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • гние verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • ചീയൽ noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • ചീയിക്കുക verb ((transitive) to make putrid)
  • ചീയുക verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Moksha

1 entries
  • наксадомс verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Māori

3 entries
  • kohe noun (verbal nonsense — see also nonsense)
  • ane verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • whakapopo verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Occitan

1 entries
  • poirir verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Old Tupi

1 entries
  • tuîuk verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Oromo

1 entries
  • tortoruu verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Persian

2 entries
  • پوسیدن verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • گندیدن verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Polish

2 entries
  • gnić verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • zgnić verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • apodrecer verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • putrefazer verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ismuy verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Romanian

2 entries
  • descompune verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • putrezi verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Russian

2 entries
  • гнить verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • сгнить verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • truliti verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • трулити verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hniť verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Slovene

1 entries
  • gniti verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • чириир verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • ылјыраар verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Spanish

4 entries
  • podre noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • podredumbre noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • podredura noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • podrimiento noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ruttna verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Tajik

2 entries
  • вайрон шудан verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • пӯсидан verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அழுகு verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Thai

1 entries
  • ผุ verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རུལ verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • āmp verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Turkish

2 entries
  • çürüme noun (process of becoming rotten — see also decay, putrefaction)
  • çürümek verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • гни́ти verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • згнити verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • chirimoq verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • rã verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • rữa verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Walloon

1 entries
  • pouri verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Welsh

3 entries
  • braenu verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • madru verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)
  • pydru verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿוילן verb ((intransitive) to suffer decomposition)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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Fruits tend to rot quickly.

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Put the meat in the refrigerator, or it will rot.

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This apple began to rot.

Source: tatoeba (625258)

"Yea..." Dima continued, talking mostly to himself. "It's as if the author of my story got into some stupid argument, retired to Fiji, and just left me here to rot."

Source: tatoeba (813755)

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