"olfaction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: olfactions [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French olfaction /olefaction, from Latin olfactus, perfect passive participle of olfaciō (“to smell (transitive)”) + -tion. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|frm|olfaction//olefaction}} Borrowed from Middle French olfaction /olefaction, {{der|en|la|olfactus}} Latin olfactus Head templates: {{en-noun}} olfaction (plural olfactions)
  1. The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules. Categories (topical): Smell Synonyms: flair [obsolete], olfaction, olfactories, smell Hypernyms: sense Holonyms: five senses, six senses Derived forms: vomerolfaction Related terms: olfactory, nose Translations (the sense of smell): شَمّ (šamm) [masculine] (Arabic), հոտառություն (hotaṙutʻyun) (Armenian), usaimen (Basque), нюх (njux) [masculine] (Belarusian), обоня́ние (obonjánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), нюх (njuh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), olfacte [masculine] (Catalan), 嗅覺 /嗅觉 (hiù-kak) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 嗅覺 /嗅觉 (cau³ gok³) (Chinese Cantonese), 嗅覺 /嗅觉 (xiùjué) (Chinese Mandarin), čich [masculine] (Czech), reukzin [masculine] (Dutch), flarsenso (Esperanto), hajuaisti (Finnish), haistaminen (Finnish), haju (Finnish), olfaction [feminine] (French), odorat [masculine] (French), olfacto [masculine] (Galician), olfate [masculine] (Galician), álido [masculine] (Galician), ulido [masculine] (Galician), cheiro [masculine] (Galician), ventas [feminine] (Galician), Geruchssinn [masculine] (German), Geruch [neuter] (German), όσφρησις (ósfrisis) [feminine] (Greek), गंधानुभूति (gandhānubhūti) [masculine] (Hindi), szaglás (Hungarian), olfatto [masculine] (Italian), odorato [masculine] (Italian), 嗅覚 (kyūkaku) (alt: きゅうかく) (Japanese), 후각 (hugak) (Korean), olfactus [masculine] (Latin), oža [feminine] (Latvian), uoslė [feminine] (Lithuanian), мирис (miris) [masculine] (Macedonian), сетило за мирис (setilo za miris) [neuter] (Macedonian), luktesans [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), بویایی (Persian), węch [masculine] (Polish), olfato [masculine] (Portuguese), faro [masculine] (Portuguese), miros [neuter] (Romanian), обоня́ние (obonjánije) [neuter] (Russian), нюх (njux) [masculine] (Russian), њу̑х [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), njȗh [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), čuch [masculine] (Slovak), voh [masculine] (Slovene), olfato [masculine] (Spanish), luktsinne (Swedish), lukt (Swedish), шомма (šomma) (Tajik), koku alma duyusu (Turkish), koku duyusu (Turkish), olfaksiyon (Turkish), нюх (njux) [masculine] (Ukrainian), khứu giác (Vietnamese), oda (Walloon)
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "the sense of smell",
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          ],
          "word": "њу̑х"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "njȗh"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "čuch"
        },
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "voh"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "olfato"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "word": "luktsinne"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "word": "lukt"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "šomma",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "word": "шомма"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "word": "koku alma duyusu"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "word": "koku duyusu"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "word": "olfaksiyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "njux",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "нюх"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "word": "khứu giác"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "the sense of smell",
          "word": "oda"
        }
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    }
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}
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      "source": "Thesaurus:olfaction",
      "word": "anosmia"
    }
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      "word": "vomerolfaction"
    }
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        "2": "frm",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "olfactus"
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French olfaction /olefaction, from Latin olfactus, perfect passive participle of olfaciō (“to smell (transitive)”) + -tion.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "olfactions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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      "source": "Thesaurus:olfaction",
      "word": "five senses"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:olfaction",
      "word": "nose"
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        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tajik translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Walloon translations",
        "en:Smell"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 105:",
          "text": "‘I think the single most extraordinary aspect of olfaction is that we all smell the world differently,’ Beauchamp told me.",
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        }
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "flair"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:olfaction",
      "word": "olfaction"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:olfaction",
      "word": "olfactories"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:olfaction",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šamm",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَمّ"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hotaṙutʻyun",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "հոտառություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "usaimen"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njux",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нюх"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obonjánie",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обоня́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "njuh",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нюх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olfacte"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cau³ gok³",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "嗅覺 /嗅觉"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "hiù-kak",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
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      "word": "嗅覺 /嗅觉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiùjué",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "嗅覺 /嗅觉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čich"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reukzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "flarsenso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "hajuaisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "haistaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "haju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "olfaction"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odorat"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olfacto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olfate"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "álido"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ulido"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cheiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ventas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geruchssinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ósfrisis",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "όσφρησις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gandhānubhūti",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गंधानुभूति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "szaglás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olfatto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odorato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きゅうかく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyūkaku",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "嗅覚"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hugak",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "후각"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olfactus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oža"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uoslė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "miris",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мирис"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "setilo za miris",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сетило за мирис"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "luktesans"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "بویایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "węch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olfato"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "miros"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obonjánije",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обоня́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "njux",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нюх"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "њу̑х"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "njȗh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olfato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "luktsinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "lukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šomma",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "шомма"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "koku alma duyusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "koku duyusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "olfaksiyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "njux",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нюх"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "khứu giác"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "the sense of smell",
      "word": "oda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "olfaction"
}

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