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smell

noun · verb · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: smĕl
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /smɛl/
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  • rhymes with -ɛl
  • CMU ARPABET: S M EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I love the smell of fresh bread.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The sense that detects odours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To sense a smell or smells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I can smell fresh bread.
  • Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: detect, sense

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To sense a smell or smells.

To detect or perceive; often with out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: detect, sense

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: copulative, intransitive

Examples

  • The roses smell lovely.
  • Her feet smell of cheese.
  • The drunkard smelt like a brewery.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pong, reek, stink, whiff

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

To smell of; to have a smell of

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, copulative, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pong, reek, stink, whiff

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

To smell bad; to stink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: copulative, intransitive

Examples

  • Ew, this restroom smells (loathsomely).

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pong, reek, stink, whiff

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: copulative, figuratively, intransitive

Examples

  • A report smells of calumny.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pong, reek, stink, whiff

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To give heed to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

the act of perceiving the odor of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smelling

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sensing, perception

Narrower terms: sniff, snuff

12

noun

Meaning 12

any property detected by the olfactory system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: olfactory property, aroma, odor, odour, scent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property

Narrower terms: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness, malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness, muskiness, rancidness

13

noun

Meaning 13

the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: modality, sense modality, sensory system, exteroception

Narrower terms: nose

14

noun

Meaning 14

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she loved the smell of roses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum

Narrower terms: scent, aroma, fragrance, perfume, malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis, acridity

15

noun

Meaning 15

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the feel of the city excited him
  • a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
  • it had the smell of treason

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: atmosphere, ambiance, ambience

Narrower terms: Hollywood, Zeitgeist

16

verb

Meaning 16

become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I sense his hostility
  • i smell trouble
  • smell out corruption

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smell out, sense

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perceive

17

verb

Meaning 17

emit an odor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The soup smells good

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cause to be perceived

Narrower terms: smell

18

verb

Meaning 18

smell bad

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He rarely washes, and he smells

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: smell

Narrower terms: reek, stink, salute

19

verb

Meaning 19

inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perceive, comprehend

Narrower terms: sniff, whiff, scent, nose, wind, snuff, snuffle, get a noseful, get a whiff

20

verb

Meaning 20

have an element suggestive (of something)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his speeches smacked of racism
  • this passage smells of plagiarism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smack, reek

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: suggest, evoke, paint a picture

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *smel-der. Proto-West Germanic *smalljan Old English *smiellan Middle English smellen English smell From Middle English smellen, smillen, smyllen, smullen, from Old English *smyllan, *smiellan (“to smell, emit fumes”), from Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (“to glow, burn, smoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *smel- (“to burn, smoke, smoulder; tar, pitch”). The noun is from Middle English smel, smil, smul (“smell, odour”). Related to Saterland Frisian smeele (“to smoulder”), Middle Dutch smōlen (“to burn, smoulder”) (whence Dutch smeulen (“to smoulder”)), Middle Low German smölen (“to be hazy, be dusty”) (whence Low German smölen (“smoulder”)), Low German smullen (“emit smoke”), West Flemish smoel (“stuffy, muggy, hazy”), Danish smul (“dust, powder”), Lithuanian smilkyti (“to incense, fumigate”), Lithuanian smilkti (“to smudge, smolder, fume, reek”), Lithuanian smalkinti (“to fume”), Middle Irish smál, smól, smúal (“fire, gleed, embers, ashes”), Russian смола́ (smolá, “resin, tar”). Compare smoulder, smother.

Across languages

Translations

565 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: reuk — sensation
  • Aklanon: baho' — sensation
  • Albanian: Nuhas — sensation
  • Southern Altai: јыт (ǰït) — sensation
  • Amharic: ሽታ (šəta) — sensation
  • Arabic: رَائِحَة (rāʔiḥa) — sensation
  • Arabic: رِيحة (rīḥa) — sensation
  • Arabic: ريحة (rīḥa) — sensation
  • Arabic: ريحة (rīḥa) — sensation
  • Arabic: ريحة (rīḥa) — sensation
  • Arabic: ريحة (rīḥa) — sensation
  • Aramaic: ריחא (rikha) — sensation
  • Archi: ди (di) — sensation
  • Armenian: հոտ (hot) — sensation
  • Aromanian: njurizmã — sensation
  • Aromanian: anjurizmã — sensation
  • Aromanian: aromã — sensation
  • Asturian: golor — sensation
  • Azerbaijani: qoxu — sensation
  • Azerbaijani: iy — sensation
  • Bakhtiari: بو (bu) — sensation
  • Bashkir: еҫ (yeś) — sensation
  • Basque: usain — sensation
  • Belarusian: пах (pax) — sensation
  • Bengali: গন্ধ (gondho) — sensation
  • Bulgarian: миризма́ (mirizmá) — sensation
  • Bulgarian: ми́рис (míris) — sensation
  • Burmese: အနံ့ (a.nam.) — sensation
  • Catalan: olor — sensation
  • Catalan: flaire — sensation
  • Chechen: хьожа (ḥroža) — sensation
  • Chinese Cantonese: 味道 (mei6 dou6) — sensation
  • Chinese: видо (vido) — sensation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 味道 (wèidao) — sensation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 味兒 /味儿 (wèir) — sensation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣味 /气味 (qìwèi) — sensation
  • Czech: vůně — sensation
  • Czech: zápach — sensation
  • Czech: pach — sensation
  • Danish: lugt — sensation
  • Dutch: geur — sensation
  • Dutch: reuk — sensation
  • Dutch: stank — sensation
  • Egyptian: s-T:Aa2 (sṯ) — sensation
  • Esperanto: odoro — sensation
  • Estonian: lõhn — sensation
  • Even: унӈэ (unŋə) — sensation
  • Even: ӈо (ŋo) — sensation
  • Evenki: унӈу (unŋu) — sensation
  • Evenki: ӈо (ŋo) — sensation
  • Fataluku: horon — sensation
  • Finnish: tuoksu — sensation
  • Finnish: haju — sensation
  • Finnish: katku — sensation
  • Finnish: käry — sensation
  • Finnish: kitku — sensation
  • Finnish: lemu — sensation
  • Finnish: dunkkis — sensation
  • Finnish: döfis — sensation
  • Finnish: löyhkä — sensation
  • Finnish: haisu — sensation
  • Finnish: aromi — sensation
  • French: odeur — sensation
  • French: parfum — sensation
  • French: goût — sensation
  • Galician: cheiro — sensation
  • Galician: cheirume — sensation
  • Georgian: სუნი (suni) — sensation
  • German: Geruch — sensation
  • Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (dauns) — sensation
  • Greek: μυρωδιά (myrodiá) — sensation
  • Ancient Greek: ὀσμή (osmḗ) — sensation
  • Ancient Greek: ὀδμή (odmḗ) — sensation
  • Mbya Guarani: eakuã — sensation
  • Gujarati: ગંધ (gandh) — sensation
  • Hebrew: רֵיחַ (réakh) — sensation
  • Hindi: गंध (gandh) — sensation
  • Hindi: बू (bū) — sensation
  • Hungarian: szag — sensation
  • Hungarian: illat — sensation
  • Hungarian: bűz — sensation
  • Icelandic: lykt — sensation
  • Indonesian: bau — sensation
  • Indonesian: aroma — sensation
  • Ingrian: haju — sensation
  • Ingrian: haiso — sensation
  • Ingrian: haisu — sensation
  • Ingush: хьаж (ḥraž) — sensation
  • Irish: boladh — sensation
  • Italian: odore — sensation
  • Japanese: 匂い (nioi) — sensation
  • Javanese: ambu — sensation
  • Old Javanese: wangi — sensation
  • Kabuverdianu: txeru — sensation
  • Kabuverdianu: txere — sensation
  • Kannada: ಕಂಪು (kampu) — sensation
  • Kazakh: иіс (iıs) — sensation
  • Khmer: ក្លិន (klən) — sensation
  • Korean: 냄새 (naemsae) — sensation
  • Central Kurdish: بۆن (bon) — sensation
  • Kyrgyz: жыт (jıt) — sensation
  • Ladino: guezmo — sensation
  • Lao: ກິ່ນ (kin) — sensation
  • Latgalian: smuords — sensation
  • Latin: odor — sensation
  • Latvian: smarža — sensation
  • Lezgi: ни (ni) — sensation
  • Lithuanian: kvapas — sensation
  • Lombard: odor — sensation
  • Macedonian: мирис (miris) — sensation
  • Macedonian: миризба (mirizba) — sensation
  • Malay: bau — sensation
  • Brunei Malay: bau — sensation
  • Malayalam: മണം (maṇaṁ) — sensation
  • Malayalam: ഗന്ധം (gandhaṁ) — sensation
  • Malayalam: വാസന (vāsana) — sensation
  • Maltese: riħa — sensation
  • Manchu: ᠸᠠ (wa) — sensation
  • Mansaka: bao — sensation
  • Māori: kakara — sensation
  • Māori: mōtuhi — sensation
  • Māori: konakona — sensation
  • Maranao: baw — sensation
  • Marathi: वास (vās) — sensation
  • Marshallese: bwi- — sensation
  • Marshallese: ātāt — sensation
  • Middle English: smel — sensation
  • Mongolian: үнэр (üner) — sensation
  • Nepali: गन्ध (gandha) — sensation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lukt — sensation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lukt — sensation
  • Occitan: olor — sensation
  • Odia: ଗନ୍ଧ (gandha) — sensation
  • Old English: stenċ — sensation
  • Oromo: xiraa — sensation
  • Pali: gandha — sensation
  • Pashto: بوى (buy) — sensation
  • Dari: بو (bō) — sensation
  • Dari: بویْ (bōy) — sensation
  • Iranian Persian: بو (bu) — sensation
  • Iranian Persian: بویْ (buy) — sensation
  • Plautdietsch: Jeroch — sensation
  • Polish: zapach — sensation
  • Polish: woń — sensation
  • Polish: pach — sensation
  • Portuguese: cheiro — sensation
  • Romanian: miros — sensation
  • Russian: за́пах (zápax) — sensation
  • Russian: вонь (vonʹ) — sensation
  • Russian: амбре́ (ambrɛ́) — sensation
  • Sanskrit: गन्ध (gandha) — sensation
  • Santali: ᱥᱳ (so) — sensation
  • Scottish Gaelic: comas-àilidh — sensation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ми̏рӣс — sensation
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȉrīs — sensation
  • Sicilian: ciauru — sensation
  • Sinhalese: සුවඳ (suwanda) — sensation
  • Slovak: vôňa — sensation
  • Slovak: pach — sensation
  • Slovene: vonj — sensation
  • Spanish: olor — sensation
  • Spanish: fato — sensation
  • Swahili: harufu — sensation
  • Swedish: lukt — sensation
  • Tabasaran: ниъ (niʾ) — sensation
  • Tajik: бӯй (büy) — sensation
  • Talysh: bu — sensation
  • Tamil: வாசனை (vācaṉai) — sensation
  • Tamil: மணம் (maṇam) — sensation
  • Tamil: நாற்றம் (nāṟṟam) — sensation
  • Tat: bu — sensation
  • Tatar: ис (is) — sensation
  • Tausug: hamut — sensation
  • Tausug: bahu — sensation
  • Tày: ai — sensation
  • Telugu: వాసన (vāsana) — sensation
  • Tetum: horon — sensation
  • Thai: กลิ่น (glìn) — sensation
  • Tibetan: དྲི་མ (dri ma) — sensation
  • Tocharian B: were — sensation
  • Tok Pisin: smel — sensation
  • Turkish: koku — sensation
  • Ottoman Turkish: اید (id) — sensation
  • Turkmen: ys — sensation
  • Udi: ад (ad) — sensation
  • Ukrainian: за́пах (zápax) — sensation
  • Ukrainian: пах (pax) — sensation
  • Urdu: بُو (bū) — sensation
  • Urdu: بو (bo) — sensation
  • Uyghur: پۇراق (puraq) — sensation
  • Uyghur: ھىد (hid) — sensation
  • Uyghur: بۇي (buy) — sensation
  • Uzbek: hid — sensation
  • Uzbek: boʻy — sensation
  • Vietnamese: mùi — sensation
  • Vietnamese: hơi — sensation
  • Volapük: smel — sensation
  • Wakhi: vui — sensation
  • Welsh: arogl — sensation
  • Welsh: arwynt — sensation
  • Welsh: sawr — sensation
  • Woiwurrung: boo-ang — sensation
  • Yaghnobi: вуд (vud) — sensation
  • Yiddish: שמעק (shmek) — sensation
  • Zazaki: boy (diq) — sensation
  • Zhuang: feihdauh — sensation
  • Afrikaans: reuksin — sense of smell
  • Albanian: nuhatje — sense of smell
  • Arabic: شَمّ (šamm) — sense of smell
  • Armenian: հոտառություն (hotaṙutʻyun) — sense of smell
  • Asturian: olfatu — sense of smell
  • Asturian: agüeldu — sense of smell
  • Basque: usaimen — sense of smell
  • Belarusian: нюх (njux) — sense of smell
  • Bulgarian: обоня́ние (obonjánie) — sense of smell
  • Bulgarian: нюх (njuh) — sense of smell
  • Bulgarian: ми́рис (míris) — sense of smell
  • Burmese: ဂန္ဓာရုံ (gandharum) — sense of smell
  • Catalan: olfacte — sense of smell
  • Chinese Cantonese: 嗅覺 /嗅觉 (cau3 kok3) — sense of smell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嗅覺 /嗅觉 (xiùjué) — sense of smell
  • Czech: čich — sense of smell
  • Danish: lugtesans — sense of smell
  • Dutch: reukzin — sense of smell
  • Esperanto: flarsenso — sense of smell
  • Estonian: haistmismeel — sense of smell
  • Estonian: haistmine — sense of smell
  • Finnish: hajuaisti — sense of smell
  • French: odorat — sense of smell
  • Galician: olfacto — sense of smell
  • Georgian: ყნოსვა (q̇nosva) — sense of smell
  • German: Geruchssinn — sense of smell
  • German: Riechen — sense of smell
  • Greek: όσφρηση (ósfrisi) — sense of smell
  • Ancient Greek: ὀσμή (osmḗ) — sense of smell
  • Ancient Greek: ὀδμή (odmḗ) — sense of smell
  • Hebrew: חוש הריח (khush ha-reykha) — sense of smell
  • Hindi: गंधानुभूति (gandhānubhūti) — sense of smell
  • Hungarian: szaglás — sense of smell
  • Icelandic: lyktarskyn — sense of smell
  • Indonesian: penciuman — sense of smell
  • Italian: olfatto — sense of smell
  • Italian: odorato — sense of smell
  • Japanese: 嗅覚 (kyūkaku) — sense of smell
  • Kabuverdianu: txeru — sense of smell
  • Kabuverdianu: txere — sense of smell
  • Kazakh: иіс сезімі (iıs sezımı) — sense of smell
  • Korean: 후각 (hugak) — sense of smell
  • Central Kurdish: بۆنایی (bonayî) — sense of smell
  • Kyrgyz: жыт алуу (jıt aluu) — sense of smell
  • Latgalian: ūža — sense of smell
  • Latgalian: paūsšona — sense of smell
  • Latin: odōrātus — sense of smell
  • Latin: olfactus — sense of smell
  • Latvian: oža — sense of smell
  • Lithuanian: uoslė — sense of smell
  • Macedonian: мирис (miris) — sense of smell
  • Macedonian: сетило за мирис (setilo za miris) — sense of smell
  • Malayalam: ഘ്രാണശക്തി (ghrāṇaśakti) — sense of smell
  • Marshallese: ātāt — sense of smell
  • Middle English: smel — sense of smell
  • Mongolian: үнэрлэх чадвар (ünerlex čadvar) — sense of smell
  • Norwegian Bokmål: luktesans — sense of smell
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: luktesans — sense of smell
  • Old English: stenċ — sense of smell
  • Pashto: بوى (buy) — sense of smell
  • Iranian Persian: بویْ (buy) — sense of smell
  • Iranian Persian: بویایی (buyâyi) — sense of smell
  • Polish: węch — sense of smell
  • Polish: zmysł powonienia — sense of smell
  • Portuguese: olfato — sense of smell
  • Portuguese: cheiro — sense of smell
  • Portuguese: faro — sense of smell
  • Romanian: miros — sense of smell
  • Russian: обоня́ние (obonjánije) — sense of smell
  • Russian: нюх (njux) — sense of smell
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàileadh — sense of smell
  • Serbo-Croatian: њу̑х — sense of smell
  • Serbo-Croatian: njȗh — sense of smell
  • Slovak: čuch — sense of smell
  • Slovene: voh — sense of smell
  • Spanish: olfato — sense of smell
  • Swedish: luktsinne — sense of smell
  • Tajik: шомма (šomma) — sense of smell
  • Tajik: буёӣ (buyoyi) — sense of smell
  • Telugu: వాసన (vāsana) — sense of smell
  • Turkish: koklama — sense of smell
  • Ukrainian: нюх (njux) — sense of smell
  • Uzbek: hid bilish — sense of smell
  • Vietnamese: khứu giác — sense of smell
  • Volapük: smeilasien — sense of smell
  • Walloon: oda — sense of smell
  • Welsh: arogl m or f sawr — sense of smell
  • Afrikaans: ruik — sense with nose
  • Arabic: شَمَّ (šamma) — sense with nose
  • Arabic: اِشْتَمَّ (ištamma) — sense with nose
  • Arabic: شم (šamm) — sense with nose
  • Armenian: հոտ քաշել (hot kʻašel) — sense with nose
  • Armenian: հոտ առնել (hot aṙnel) — sense with nose
  • Armenian: հոտոտել (hototel) — sense with nose
  • Aromanian: anjurdzescu — sense with nose
  • Aromanian: njurzescu — sense with nose
  • Aromanian: anjurzescu — sense with nose
  • Assamese: শুঙা (xuṅa) — sense with nose
  • Asturian: goliflar — sense with nose
  • Asturian: goler — sense with nose
  • Asturian: goliquiar — sense with nose
  • Azerbaijani: iyləmək — sense with nose
  • Bashkir: еҫ һиҙеү (yeś hiźew) — sense with nose
  • Bashkir: еҫкәү (yeśkəw) — sense with nose
  • Basque: usaindu — sense with nose
  • Belarusian: адчува́ць пах (adčuvácʹ pax) — sense with nose
  • Belarusian: чуць (čucʹ) — sense with nose
  • Belarusian: ню́хаць (njúxacʹ) — sense with nose
  • Bengali: গন্ধ পাওয়া (gondho paōẇa) — sense with nose
  • Bulgarian: ду́ша (dúša) — sense with nose
  • Bulgarian: мири́ша (miríša) — sense with nose
  • Burmese: နမ်း (nam:) — sense with nose
  • Catalan: sentir olor de — sense with nose
  • Catalan: olorar — sense with nose
  • Catalan: odorar — sense with nose
  • Catalan: ensumar — sense with nose
  • Catalan: flairar — sense with nose
  • Chinese Cantonese: 聞 /闻 (man4) — sense with nose
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 鼻 (bei) — sense with nose
  • Chinese: 鼻 (phīn) — sense with nose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聞 /闻 (wén) — sense with nose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嗅 (xiù) — sense with nose
  • Czech: cítit — sense with nose
  • Czech: čichat — sense with nose
  • Danish: lugte — sense with nose
  • Dutch: ruiken — sense with nose
  • Esperanto: flari — sense with nose
  • Estonian: haistma — sense with nose
  • Extremaduran: golel — sense with nose
  • Faroese: lukta — sense with nose
  • Finnish: haistaa — sense with nose
  • French: sentir — sense with nose
  • French: humer — sense with nose
  • French: flairer — sense with nose
  • French: odorer — sense with nose
  • Friulian: sintî — sense with nose
  • Galician: cheirar — sense with nose
  • Georgian: ყნოსვა (q̇nosva) — sense with nose
  • German: riechen — sense with nose
  • Greek: μυρίζω (myrízo) — sense with nose
  • Gujarati: સૂંઘવું (sūṅghvũ) — sense with nose
  • Haitian Creole: santi — sense with nose
  • Hebrew: הֵרִיחַ (heríakh) — sense with nose
  • Hindi: सूँघना (sūṅghnā) — sense with nose
  • White Hmong: hnia — sense with nose
  • Hungarian: szagol — sense with nose
  • Hungarian: megszagol — sense with nose
  • Hungarian: érez — sense with nose
  • Icelandic: finna lykt(ina) af — sense with nose
  • Ido: flarar — sense with nose
  • Indonesian: mencium — sense with nose
  • Interlingua: olfacer — sense with nose
  • Irish: bolaigh — sense with nose
  • Italian: sentire l'odore — sense with nose
  • Italian: fiutare — sense with nose
  • Japanese: 嗅ぐ (kagu) — sense with nose
  • Japanese: 匂いを感じる (nioi o kanjiru) — sense with nose
  • Javanese: ngambu — sense with nose
  • Kabuverdianu: txerá — sense with nose
  • Kabuverdianu: txera — sense with nose
  • Korean: 냄새를 맡다 (naemsae-reul matda) — sense with nose
  • Korean: 맡다 (matda) — sense with nose
  • Central Kurdish: بۆنکردن (bonkirdin) — sense with nose
  • Lao: ດົມ (dom) — sense with nose
  • Latin: olefaciō — sense with nose
  • Latin: olfaciō — sense with nose
  • Latvian: ost — sense with nose
  • Lithuanian: uosti — sense with nose
  • : ᦡᦳᧄ (ḋum) — sense with nose
  • Macedonian: намирисува (namirisuva) — sense with nose
  • Macedonian: мириса (mirisa) — sense with nose
  • Malay: menghidu — sense with nose
  • Manx: soar — sense with nose
  • Māori: hongi — sense with nose
  • Māori: hongihongi — sense with nose
  • Māori: whakamono — sense with nose
  • Marathi: वास घेणे (vās gheṇe) — sense with nose
  • Marshallese: ātāt — sense with nose
  • Mongolian: үнэрлэх (ünerlex) — sense with nose
  • Nahuatl: ihnecui — sense with nose
  • Navajo: yishchin — sense with nose
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lukte — sense with nose
  • Occitan: flairar — sense with nose
  • Old English: ġestincan — sense with nose
  • Papiamentu: ole — sense with nose
  • Iranian Persian: بوییدَن (buyidan) — sense with nose
  • Iranian Persian: اَنْبوییدَن (anbuyidan) — sense with nose
  • Iranian Persian: شِنُفْتَن (šenoftan) — sense with nose
  • Iranian Persian: بو کَرْدَن (bu kardan) — sense with nose
  • Polish: wąchać — sense with nose
  • Polish: powąchać — sense with nose
  • Portuguese: cheirar — sense with nose
  • Quechua: mutkhiy — sense with nose
  • Rapa Nui: hongi — sense with nose
  • Romanian: mirosi — sense with nose
  • Romansh: odurar — sense with nose
  • Russian: чу́вствовать за́пах (čúvstvovatʹ zápax) — sense with nose
  • Russian: ощуща́ть за́пах (oščuščátʹ zápax) — sense with nose
  • Russian: обоня́ть (obonjátʹ) — sense with nose
  • Russian: чу́ять (čújatʹ) — sense with nose
  • Russian: ню́хать (njúxatʹ) — sense with nose
  • Sanskrit: जिघ्रति (jighrati) — sense with nose
  • Santali: ᱥᱳ (so) — sense with nose
  • Serbo-Croatian: мирѝсати — sense with nose
  • Serbo-Croatian: њу̏шити — sense with nose
  • Serbo-Croatian: mirìsati — sense with nose
  • Serbo-Croatian: njȕšiti — sense with nose
  • Shan: ၼူမ် (nǔum) — sense with nose
  • Sicilian: ciaurari — sense with nose
  • Slovak: cítiť — sense with nose
  • Slovak: čuchať — sense with nose
  • Slovene: vohati — sense with nose
  • Lower Sorbian: cuś — sense with nose
  • Spanish: oler — sense with nose
  • Spanish: husmear — sense with nose
  • Spanish: olorosar — sense with nose
  • Sranan Tongo: smeri — sense with nose
  • Sundanese: ambung — sense with nose
  • Swedish: lukta — sense with nose
  • Tajik: бӯйидан (büyyidan) — sense with nose
  • Tajik: бӯй кардан (büy kardan) — sense with nose
  • Tetum: horon — sense with nose
  • Thai: ดม (dom) — sense with nose
  • Tocharian B: wär-sk- — sense with nose
  • Turkish: koklamak — sense with nose
  • Turkish: koku almak — sense with nose
  • Ukrainian: ню́хати (njúxaty) — sense with nose
  • Ukrainian: чу́яти (čújaty) — sense with nose
  • Ukrainian: чу́ти (čúty) — sense with nose
  • Urdu: سُونگْھنا (sūnghnā) — sense with nose
  • Vietnamese: ngửi — sense with nose
  • Welsh: arogli — sense with nose
  • Woiwurrung: ngarroba — sense with nose
  • Yiddish: שמעקן (shmekn) — sense with nose
  • Zazaki: boy kerden — sense with nose
  • Zealandic: ruke — sense with nose
  • Zyphe: hnang — sense with nose
  • ǃXóõ: ta̰ã — sense with nose
  • Afrikaans: ruik — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Chungli Ao: menem — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Arabic: شَمَّمَ (šammama) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Armenian: հոտ արձակել (hot arjakel) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Armenian: հոտ ունենալ (hot unenal) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Armenian: բուրել (burel) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Azerbaijani: qoxumaq — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Azerbaijani: iyi gəlmək — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Azerbaijani: qoxulanmaq — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Belarusian: па́хнуць (páxnucʹ) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Bulgarian: мири́ша (miríša) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Catalan: fer olor de — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Catalan: flairar — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏒᎦ (asvga) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發出氣味 /发出气味 (fāchū qìwèi) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Choctaw: bʋlama — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Czech: vonět — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Czech: být cítit — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Czech: páchnout — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Danish: lugte — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Danish: dufte — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Danish: stinke — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Dutch: ruiken — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Dutch: geuren — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Dutch: stinken — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Esperanto: odori — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Estonian: lõhnama — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Finnish: tuoksua — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Finnish: haista — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Finnish: löyhkätä — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Finnish: lemuta — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Finnish: döfätä — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • French: sentir — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • French: exhaler — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • French: fleurer — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Galician: cheirar — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Georgian: სუნის დენა (sunis dena) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • German: riechen — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • German: stinken — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Greek: μυρίζω (myrízo) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Ancient Greek: ὄζω (ózō) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Greek: ὄσδω (ósdō) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Hindi: गँधाना (gandhānā) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Hindi: महँकना (mahãknā) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Hungarian: illatozik — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Hungarian: bűzlik — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Hungarian: szagú — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Hungarian: illatú — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Hungarian: ... szaga van — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Hungarian: ... illata van — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Icelandic: lykta — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Ido: odorar — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Indonesian: berbau — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Ingrian: haissa — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Ingrian: hajahtaa — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Italian: odorare — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Japanese: 匂う (niou) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Javanese: mambu — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Kazakh: аңку (añku) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Kazakh: иістену (iıstenu) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Kazakh: иіс шығу (iıs şyğu) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Khmer: ក្លិនល្អ (klən l’ɑɑ) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Khmer: ក្លិនក្រអូប (klən krɑ’oop) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Khmer: ក្លិនមិនល្អ (klən mɨn l’ɑɑ) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Khmer: ក្លិនអាក្រក់ (klən aakrɑk) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Khmer: ធុំ (thum) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Korean: 냄새가 나다 (naemsae-ga nada) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Central Kurdish: بۆن (bon) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Kyrgyz: жыттануу (jıttanuu) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Latin: oleō — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Latin: fragrō — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Latvian: ost — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Lithuanian: uosti — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Macedonian: мириса (mirisa) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Manx: soar — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Māori: konakona — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Marshallese: bwiin — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Navajo: honishchin — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lukte — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stinke — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Old English: stincan — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Iranian Persian: بو دَاشْتَن (bu dâštan) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Polish: pachnieć — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Polish: wonieć — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Portuguese: cheirar — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Quechua: q'apay — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Romanian: mirosi — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Romansh: odurar — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Romansh: savurar da — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Russian: па́хнуть (páxnutʹ) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Santali: ᱥᱳ (so) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Serbo-Croatian: мирѝсати — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Serbo-Croatian: дишати — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Serbo-Croatian: mirìsati — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Serbo-Croatian: dišati — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Slovak: voňať — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Slovak: páchnuť — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Slovene: vonjati — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Slovene: dišati — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Lower Sorbian: wónjaś — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Upper Sorbian: wonjeć — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Spanish: oler — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Swedish: lukta — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Swedish: dofta — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Swedish: stinka — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Tajik: бӯй додан (büy dodan) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Tajik: бӯй омадан (büy omadan) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Thai: มีกลิ่น (mii glìn) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Tocharian B: wär-sk- — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Turkish: kokmak — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Turkmen: yslamak — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Ukrainian: па́хнути (páxnuty) — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Ulwa (Nicaragua): wingnaka — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Uzbek: hid chiqarmoq — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Uzbek: is chiqarmoq — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Vietnamese: có mùi — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Zazaki: boy amayen — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Zealandic: stienke — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Zyphe: hnang — to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of"
  • Finnish: haistaa — detect or perceive
  • Finnish: aavistaa — detect or perceive
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