How is the word infect translated from French to English

English translation
foul
adjective

Très désagréable à l'odeur ou au goût.

Very unpleasant in smell or taste.

Examples with “infect”

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  • Une odeur infecte montait de l'évier. — A foul smell came from the drain.

  • L'arbitre a sifflé une faute contre le défenseur. — The referee called a foul on the defender.

  • Pourquoi ce lait a-t-il un goût aussi infect ? — Why does this milk taste so foul?

  • Deux fautes de suite l'ont envoyé sur le banc. — Two fouls in a row got him benched.

  • L'eau du vieux puits est devenue infecte. — The water in the old well turned foul.

  • Était-ce une faute ou simplement un geste maladroit ? — Was that a foul or just clumsy play?

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