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Meaning of Rot | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ɹɒt

Definitions

  1. Initialism of record of transmission.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  2. Abbreviation of refugee Olympics team (country code for the team).
    abbreviation, alt-of
  3. The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
    countable, uncountable
  4. Decaying matter.
    countable, uncountable
  5. Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
    countable, in-compounds, uncountable
  6. Verbal nonsense.
    uncountable

Equivalents

العربية أفسد التعفّن سوس فَسَدَ قمل
Azərbaycanca çürümək
Беларуская гніць
Български гния
བོད་སྐད རུལ
Bosanski gnjilež pola put puti trulež гњилеж трулеж
Čeština hniloba hnít
Cymraeg braenu madru pydru
Dansk rådne
Deutsch Fäule faulen Fäulnis in Fäulnis übergehen putreszieren sich zersetzen verderben verfaulen verrotten Verwesen
Ελληνικά σαπίζω
Esperanto putri
Español podré podredumbre podredura podrimiento podrir podrirse pudrición pudrimiento pudrir pudrirse putrefacción
Euskara usteldu
فارسی پوسیدن گندیدن
Suomi lahota lahovikaisuus mädäntyä mädäntymä mädätä mätäneminen syöpä
Français pourrir rôt
Gaeilge lobh
Galego podrecer
עברית ריקבון
Hrvatski gnjilež pola put puti trulež гњилеж трулеж
Magyar rohad
Հայերեն նեխել փտել
Bahasa Indonesia pembusukan
Italiano imputridire marcire putrefare putrefarsi putrire
日本語 槁 殖 腐る
ქართული ლპობა ხრწნა
ខ្មែរ រលួយ
한국어 朽 㱙 부패하다 썩다
Kurdî ane anê pola pût ra ra Ra rot
Кыргызча чирүү
Latina caries pūtor putrefacio putresco tabes tabesco
Lingála pola
Lietuvių pūti
Latviešu put
Te Reo Māori ane kohe
Македонски гние
മലയാളം ചീയിക്കുക ചീയുക
Nederlands rotten vergaan
Polski głupstwo gnić gnilny próchno zgnić zgnilizna
Português apodrecer putrefazer
Română descompune putrezi
Русский гнить сгнить
Slovenščina gniti
Српски gnjilež pola put puti trulež гњилеж трулеж
Svenska röta ruttna
தமிழ் அழுகு
ไทย ผุ
Türkçe afen çürüme çürümek
Українська гниль гнити згни́ти тлінь
Tiếng Việt ra rứa

Examples

“When a turkey vulture detects the scent of rot, it circles down, tracing the plume of chemicals to its source.”
“His cattle must of rot and murrain die.”
“You're talking rot! I don't believe a word.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

rot gut rot pocket rot-goose rot-scape rot. ROT13

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