adj
Meaning 1
Not having a scent, odorless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scentless
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adjective
Meaning 2
lacking the sense of smell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: scented
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
emitting or holding no odor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- scentless wisps of straw
- a scentless stretch of rocky ground
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English scent 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 scentless From scent + -less.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: senodora — without scent
- Finnish: hajuton — without scent
- Hungarian: szagtalan — without scent
- Italian: inodore — without scent
- Polish: bezzapachowy — without scent
- Polish: bezwonny — without scent
- Russian: безуха́нный (bezuxánnyj) — without scent
- Turkish: kokusuz — without scent