"malodor" meaning in English

See malodor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌmælˈəʊ.də(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˌmælˈoʊ.dɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-malodor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: malodors [plural], malodour [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English odor English malodor From mal- (“bad”) + odor. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mal-<t:bad>|odor|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English odor English malodor [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "negative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)mel-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*malos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "malus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "male", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "mal-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mal-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "odor", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "malodor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="malodor"> From mal- (“bad”) + odor. Head templates: {{en-noun}} malodor (plural malodors)
  1. An offensive odor. Derived forms: antimalodor, fish malodor syndrome

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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