smell
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air carrying airborne…A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
» This fish has a bad smell.
Dieser Fisch riecht schlecht. — samueldora
Ця рибра погано пахне. — deniko
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
I love the smell of fresh bread.
Geruch
за́пахzápax, воньvonʹ, амбре́ambrɛ́
за́пахzápax, пахpax
(countable, uncountable)The sense that detects odours.
Geruchssinn, Riechen
обоня́ниеobonjánije, нюхnjux
нюхnjux
(countable, uncountable)A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
- the act of perceiving the odor of something
- the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
- 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
1760 sentencesThis fish has a bad smell.
Ця рибра погано пахне. — deniko
deDieser Fisch riecht schlecht. — samueldora
You smell like a wet dog.
Ти пахнеш вологим собакою. — deniko
ruОт тебя пахнет мокрой псиной. — marafon
Pretty flowers do not necessarily smell sweet.
Гарні квіти не обов'язково солодко пахнуть. — uaspeaker
ruКрасивые цветы не обязательно сладко пахнут. — Hellerick
deHübsche Blumen duften nicht unbedingt süß. — raggione
I have a good sense of smell.
У мене гарне почуття нюху. — aandrusiak
ruУ меня хорошо развито обоняние. — Karok
I like the way you smell.
Мені подобається, як ти пахнеш. — deniko
ruМне нравится, как ты пахнешь. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English smellen, smillen, smyllen, smullen, from Old English *smyllan, *smiellFrom Middle English smellen, smillen, smyllen, smullen, from Old English *smyllan, *smiellan (“to smell, emit fumes”), from Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (“to glow, burn, smoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *smel- (“to burn, smoke, smoulder; tar, pitch”). The noun is from Middle English smel, smil, smul (“smell, odour”). Related to Saterland Frisian smeele (“to smoulder”), Middle Dutch smōlen (“to burn, smoulder”) (whence Dutch smeulen (“to smoulder”)), Middle Low German smölen (“to be hazy, be dusty”) (whence Low German smölen (“smoulder”)), Low German smullen (“emit smoke”), West Flemish smoel (“stuffy, muggy, hazy”), Danish smul (“dust, powder”), Lithuanian smilkyti (“to incense, fumigate”), Lithuanian smilkti (“to smudge, smolder, fume, reek”), Lithuanian smalkinti (“to fume”), Middle Irish smál, smól, smúal (“fire, gleed, embers, ashes”), Russian смола́ (smolá, “resin, tar”). Compare smoulder, smother.
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Forms
plural: smellsSynonyms
26 synonyms- the act of perceiving the odor of something:smelling
- the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents:sense of smellolfactionolfactory modality
- the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form:odorodourolfactory sensationolfactory perception
- any property detected by the olfactory system:olfactory propertyaromaodorodourscent
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people:spirittonefeelfeelingflavorflavourlook
Word family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- the smell of
- smells like
- smell something burning
- smell something
- sense of smell
- like the smell
- smells like a
- smells bad
- smells musty
- smell smoke
- smells good
- smelled really bad