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odorless

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊdələs/
  • General-American: /ˈoʊdɚləs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: OW1 D ER0 L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having no odor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • They were taken unawares and overcome when the room filled with a lethal, odorless gas.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

having no odor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • odorless gas
  • odorless flowers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: odourless, inodorous

Antonyms: odorous

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English odor Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English odorless From odor + -less.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: inodor — having no odor
  • Chinese Cantonese: 無嗅 /无嗅 (mou4 cau3) — having no odor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無臭 /无臭 (wúxiù) — having no odor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無嗅 /无嗅 (wúxiù) — having no odor
  • Danish: duftløs — having no odor
  • Esperanto: senodora — having no odor
  • Finnish: hajuton — having no odor
  • French: inodore — having no odor
  • German: geruchlos — having no odor
  • Greek: αμύριστος (amýristos) — having no odor
  • Ancient Greek: ἄνοσμος (ánosmos) — having no odor
  • Hungarian: szagtalan — having no odor
  • Italian: inodore — having no odor
  • Japanese: 無臭 (mushū) — having no odor
  • Kazakh: иіссіз (iıssız) — having no odor
  • Kyrgyz: жытсыз (jıtsız) — having no odor
  • Latin: inolens — having no odor
  • Latin: inodōrus — having no odor
  • Manx: neuhoaral — having no odor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: luktfri — having no odor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: luktfri — having no odor
  • Polish: bezwonny — having no odor
  • Polish: bezzapachowy — having no odor
  • Portuguese: inodoro — having no odor
  • Punjabi: ਗੰਧਹੀਣ (gandhhīṇ) — having no odor
  • Russian: непа́хнущий (nepáxnuščij) — having no odor
  • Russian: без за́паха (bez zápaxa) — having no odor
  • Spanish: inodoro — having no odor
  • Spanish: inoloro — having no odor
  • Swedish: luktlös — having no odor
  • Swedish: luktfri — having no odor
  • Tagalog: walang-amoy — having no odor
  • Turkish: kokusuz — having no odor
  • Uyghur: پۇراقسىز (puraqsiz) — having no odor
  • Welsh: diaroglau — having no odor