Phrase guide

body odour

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The unpleasant smell produced by the human body, primarily resulting from the metabolic activity of skin bacteria on sweat secretions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: BO, bromidrosis, osmidrosis, ozochrotia, fetid sweat

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: body odor, B.O.

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رائحَة الجسم — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Central Bikol: ansod — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 體臭 /体臭 (tai2 cau3) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 狐臭 (wu4 cau3) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體臭 /体臭 (tǐchòu) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狐臭 (húchòu) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狐臊 (húsāo) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腋臭 (yèchòu) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Czech: tělesný pach — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Danish: kropslugt — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Dutch: lichaamsgeur — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Dutch: lijfgeur — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Esperanto: korpodoro — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Finnish: hienhaju — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • French: odeur corporelle — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • German: Körpergeruch — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Greek: ιδρωτίλα (idrotíla) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Icelandic: líkamslykt — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Icelandic: svitalykt — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Indonesian: bau badan — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Irish: boladh coirp — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Italian: cattivo odore del corpo — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Japanese: 腋臭 (wakiga) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Japanese: 体臭 (taishū) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Khmer: ក្លិនខ្លួន (klənkhluən) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Korean: 암내 (amnae) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Korean: 땀내 (ttamnae) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Korean: 액취증 (aekchwijeung) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Lao: ສາບ (sāp) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Macedonian: телесна миризба (telesna mirizba) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Māori: mōrūruru — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Māori: moharuru — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Navajo: kʼǫ́ǫ́zh — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Portuguese: odor corporal — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Portuguese: cecê — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Russian: за́пах те́ла (zápax téla) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Spanish: bromhidrosis — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Spanish: sobaquina — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Swahili: adhifari — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Swedish: kroppsodör — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Swedish: kroppslukt — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Tagalog: anghit — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Tamil: உடம்பு நாற்றம் (uṭampu nāṟṟam) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Thai: กลิ่นตัว (glìn-dtuua) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Turkish: ter kokusu — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Turkish: vücut kokusu — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Ukrainian: за́пах ті́ла (zápax tíla) — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Vietnamese: mùi cơ thể — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Welsh: gwynt chwys — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Welsh: oglau chwys — unpleasant smell on a person's body
  • Zhuang: haeugyaenq — unpleasant smell on a person's body