"sniffable" meaning in English

See sniffable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more sniffable [comparative], most sniffable [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English sniff Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sniffable From sniff + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sniff|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English sniff Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sniffable [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-dʰlis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-dʰlom", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ābilis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-able", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sniffable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="sniffable"> From sniff + -able. Head templates: {{en-adj}} sniffable (comparative more sniffable, superlative most sniffable)
  1. Able to be sniffed, or able to be taken by sniffing
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