odour
Middle English
/ɔːˈduːr/
noun
Definitions
- A smell or scent; a nasal sensation often intrinsic:
- (figurative) A sensation or quality; the feeling produced by something.
- (rare) The power of discerning scents.
Etymology
Borrowed from odour derived from Latin odor (smell).
Origin
Latin
odor
Gloss
smell
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
嗅
Emoji
🐽 👃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- malodor English
- malodour English
- odor English
- odored English
- odorful English
- odoriferous English
- odorimetry English
- odorise English
- odorization English
- odorize English
- odorless English
- odorome English
- odorous English
- odorscape English
- odorsome English
- odortaxis English
- odortype English
- odour English
- odourless English
- odourprint English
- odourscape English
- odoursome English
- odor Latin
- odorus Latin
- olor Latin
- olōrem Latin
- olōrem, olor Latin
- odeur French
- *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European
- odor Old French
- odoro Esperanto
- odoro Ido
- odour xno
- odōs Old Latin