Meaning

4 senses
  1. (US, countable, uncountable)Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.

    Geruch

    за́пахzápax

    за́пахzápax

  2. (US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A strong, pervasive quality.

  3. (US, figuratively, uncountable)Esteem.

  4. (US, archaic, countable, uncountable)Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

More definitions
  • the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
  • any property detected by the olfactory system

Examples

96 sentences
  1. Did you immediately recognize the odor?

  2. I've heard that fasting gives you bad body odor.

  3. There was a very strong odor that I couldn't identify.

  4. This odor is obnoxious.

  5. The odor was disagreeable.

    ruЗапах был неприятный. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume:
Русский
By meaning 1
any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume:

Origin

From Middle English odour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman odour, from Old French odor, from La

From Middle English odour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman odour, from Old French odor, from Latin odor.

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Forms

plural: odors
Singularodor
Pluralodors

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form:smellodourolfactory sensationolfactory perception
  • any property detected by the olfactory system:olfactory propertysmellaromaodourscent

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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