"odour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈəʊdə/ [UK], /ˈoʊdəɹ/ [US] Audio: en-us-odour.ogg Forms: odours [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊdə Etymology: From Middle English odour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman odour, from Old French odor, from Latin odor. Related to Swedish odör (“bad smell”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|odour}} Middle English odour, {{der|en|xno|odour}} Anglo-Norman odour, {{der|en|fro|odor}} Old French odor, {{der|en|la|odor}} Latin odor, {{cog|sv|odör|t=bad smell}} Swedish odör (“bad smell”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} odour (countable and uncountable, plural odours)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of odor Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: odor Categories (topical): Smell Synonyms: odor [US] Derived forms: body odour, body odor, deodorant, deodorise, deodorize, odoriferous, odourless
    Sense id: en-odour-en-noun-5sg0tiEo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 34 13 23 26 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 58 5 22 11 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 5 19 15 3

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ɔːˈduːr/, /ɔˈduːr/, /ˈɔːdur/, /ˈɔːdər/ Forms: odours [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman odour, from Latin odor. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|odour}} Anglo-Norman odour, {{der|enm|la|odor}} Latin odor Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} odour, {{enm-noun|odours}} odour (plural odours)
  1. A smell or scent; a nasal sensation (often intrinsic):
    A pleasant or appealing smell or scent.
    Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-odour-enm-noun-YU5dzytW Disambiguation of Smell: 46 46 5 3
  2. A smell or scent; a nasal sensation (often intrinsic):
    The scent of living matter or substances.
    Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-odour-enm-noun-rTvqwedc Disambiguation of Smell: 46 46 5 3
  3. (figurative) A sensation or quality; the feeling produced by something. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-odour-enm-noun-49MpBCcN
  4. (rare) The power of discerning scents. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-odour-enm-noun-KzWT1MMz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: odowre, odor, odure, odoure, odyr, oudour, odowr, odir, odur

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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