English to French Meaning of rancid - rance

Rancid :

rance

adjective

insipide, répugnant, rance, désagréable, de moisi, putride, fort, malodorante, âcre, chaud, en moutarde, étouffant, bouché, de renfermé, Frowsy

Rancid :: ranceRancidity :: rancissementRancidness :: rancidness

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Definitions of rancid in English

Adjective(1) (used of decomposing oils or fats(2) smelling of fermentation or staleness

Examples of rancid in English

(1) That is just as well, since it often induced an unpleasantly rancid truffle aroma and taste.(2) He does not look like a man who enjoys the smell of onions sautÔö£┬«ed in rancid oil first thing in the morning.(3) If you don't know what it's supposed to smell like, it might smell a little like rancid butter.(4) In order to maximize profits from their government contracts, food suppliers delivered partial shipments and rancid provisions.(5) When exposed to air for extended periods of time, fats become rancid and develop an unpleasant taste and odor.(6) Butyric acid is responsible not only for the smell of rancid butter, but also contributes to the odor of sweat.(7) Moreover, irradiation can destroy essential vitamins and nutrients that are naturally present in foods and can make food taste and smell rancid .(8) Heat-treated oils go rancid - in other words, they spoil - and rancid oils are carcinogenic.(9) The French fries were often undercooked, fruits and vegetables rotten, breads molding, and once or twice, the meat rancid .(10) The group charges that irradiation also deactivates the natural digestive enzymes found in raw food, and encourages fats to turn rancid .(11) Rhodes was trying not to think of another day of rancid food, polluted water and waiting for buses that never came.(12) Unwholesome odors rolled out of the storefronts: rancid oil and mouldy cheese, and fish long absent from the sea.(13) As soon as they stepped in, a rancid smell filled the air.(14) A rancid smell escaped from the now open doorway.(15) When I returned I was laying in bed and couldn't sleep because of this rancid smell consuming the house.(16) What if the food is rancid and you're still stuck with a full plate?

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Synonyms

Adjective

1. sour ::

acide

2. stale ::

vicié

3. overstored ::

overstored

5. rank ::

rang

6. putrid ::

putride

7. foul ::

faute

8. rotten ::

pourri

9. bad ::

mal

10. off ::

11. gamy ::

faisandé

12. high ::

haute

13. fetid ::

fétide

14. stinking ::

puant

15. malodorous ::

malodorant

16. foul-smelling ::

malodorant

17. noisome ::

répugnant

Antonyms

1. innocuous ::

inoffensif

2. inoffensive ::

inoffensif

Different Forms

rancid, rancidity, rancidness

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