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To add an odorant to (especially a gas, so that leaks can be more easily detected).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
cause to smell or be smelly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: odourise, scent
Antonyms: deodorize
Broader terms: cause to be perceived
Narrower terms: stink up, smell up, stink out, perfume, aromatize, aromatise, cense, incense, thurify
Etymology tree English odor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English odorize From odor + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
odoriser
— to add an odorant to
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Italian:
odorizzare
— to add an odorant to
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Portuguese:
odorizar
— to add an odorant to
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Russian:
одори́ровать
(odorírovatʹ)
— to add an odorant to
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Russian:
одоризи́ровать
(odorizírovatʹ)
— to add an odorant to
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Ukrainian:
одорува́ти
(odoruváty)
— to add an odorant to
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Ukrainian:
одоризува́ти
(odoryzuváty)
— to add an odorant to