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 Definitions of rancid  [ˈræn sɪd]  

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Definition of 'rancid' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) rancid
having a rank, unpleasant smell or taste:
rancid oil.

2.  rancid
(of an odor or taste) rank, unpleasant, and stale.

3.  rancid
offensive or nasty.

Etymology:  (1640–50; < L rancidus rank, stinking)

Definition of 'rancid' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) rancid
(used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
"rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"

2. (adj) sour, rancid
smelling of fermentation or staleness


Definition of 'rancid' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) rancid
having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter


Translation of 'rancid' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of food, especially butter) tasting or smelling bad.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: frank Arabic flag Arabic: زَنِخ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гранясал
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rançoso Czech flag Czech: žluklý, zkažený German flag German: ranzig
Danish flag Danish: harsk Greek flag Greek: χαλασμένος (για τρόφιμο) Spanish flag Spanish: rancio
Estonian flag Estonian: rääsunud Finnish flag Finnish: härski French flag French: rance
Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְעוּפָּש Hindi flag Hindi: दुर्गन्ध युक्त Croatian flag Croatian: pokvaren, užežen
Hungarian flag Hungarian: avas Indonesian flag Indonesian: basi Icelandic flag Icelandic: þrár
Italian flag Italian: rancido Japanese flag Japanese: 悪臭のする Korean flag Korean: 고약한 냄새(맛)가 나는
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gaižus, sušvinkęs Latvian flag Latvian: sasmacis Malay flag Malay: tengik
Dutch flag Dutch: ranzig Norwegian flag Norwegian: harsk Polish flag Polish: zjełczały
Persian flag Persian: پنير بد مزه Pashto flag Pashto: بد خونده پنير Portuguese flag Portuguese: rançoso
Romanian flag Romanian: rânced Russian flag Russian: прогорклый Slovak flag Slovak: zažltnutý, odporný, nechu
Slovenian flag Slovenian: žarek Serbian flag Serbian: pokvaren Swedish flag Swedish: härsken
Thai flag Thai: (กลิ่นหรือรส) บูด Turkish flag Turkish: kokmuş, eskimiş, bozulmuş Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (食物,尤指奶油)腐敗的
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: згірклий, протухлий Urdu flag Urdu: بد بو دار Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bị ôi
Chinese flag Chinese: (食品)腐败的

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