sniff

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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: snĭf
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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /snɪf/
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• New-Zealand: /snəf/
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• rhymes with -ɪf
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• CMU ARPABET: S N IH1 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: смъркане (smǎrkane) — instance of sniffing
• Catalan: ensumada — instance of sniffing
• Finnish: nuuhkaus — instance of sniffing
• Hungarian: szippantás — instance of sniffing
• Portuguese: farejada — instance of sniffing
• Portuguese: snifadela — instance of sniffing
• Portuguese: snifada — instance of sniffing
• Portuguese: cheiradela — instance of sniffing
• Russian: шмы́гание (šmýganije) — instance of sniffing
• Russian: сопение (sopenije) — instance of sniffing
• Spanish: olfateada — instance of sniffing
• Spanish: olisqueo — instance of sniffing
• Spanish: olfateo — instance of sniffing
• Ottoman Turkish: شمه (şemme) — instance of sniffing
• Armenian: ֆսֆսալ (fsfsal) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Armenian: փնչացնել (pʻnčʻacʻnel) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Armenian: հոտոտել (hototel) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: golifar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: goliflar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: golifliar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: golifiar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: goliscar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: golfatiar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: golitrar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: golispiar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: golismiar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Asturian: golimiar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Azerbaijani: burnunu çəkmək — to make a short audible inhalation
• Belarusian: ню́хаць (njúxacʹ) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Belarusian: шмо́ргаць (šmórhacʹ) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Bulgarian: душа (duša) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Bulgarian: помирисвам (pomirisvam) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Catalan: ensumar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Chinese Mandarin: 嗅 (xiù) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Chinese Mandarin: 闻 — to make a short audible inhalation
• Czech: čichat — to make a short audible inhalation
• Czech: čmuchat — to make a short audible inhalation
• Esperanto: flari — to make a short audible inhalation
• Esperanto: ekflari — to make a short audible inhalation
• Finnish: nuuhkaista — to make a short audible inhalation
• Finnish: nuuhkia — to make a short audible inhalation
• Finnish: nuuskia (repetitively) — to make a short audible inhalation
• French: renifler — to make a short audible inhalation
• Galician: nifrar — to make a short audible inhalation
• German: schnüffeln — to make a short audible inhalation
• German: züngeln — to make a short audible inhalation
• Hungarian: szippant — to make a short audible inhalation
• Hungarian: szimatol — to make a short audible inhalation
• Ingrian: haissella — to make a short audible inhalation
• Italian: annusare — to make a short audible inhalation
• Italian: fiutare — to make a short audible inhalation
• Japanese: 嗅ぐ (kagu) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Kazakh: иіскеу (iıskeu) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Khmer: ហិត (hət) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Lao: ສືບກິ່ນ (sư̄p kin) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Macedonian: шмрка (šmrka) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Māori: whakamono — to make a short audible inhalation
• Māori: pihongi — to make a short audible inhalation
• Mongolian: үнэрлэх (ünerlex) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Mongolian: шинших (šinšix) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Mongolian: тургих (turgix) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Norman: r'niflier — to make a short audible inhalation
• Polish: węszyć — to make a short audible inhalation
• Polish: niuchać — to make a short audible inhalation
• Polish: pociągać nosem — to make a short audible inhalation
• Portuguese: farejar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Portuguese: fungar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Quechua: sinq'ay — to make a short audible inhalation
• Russian: шмы́гать (šmýgatʹ) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Russian: шмыгну́ть (šmygnútʹ) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Russian: ню́хать (njúxatʹ) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Russian: поню́хать (ponjúxatʹ) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Russian: приню́хиваться (prinjúxivatʹsja) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Russian: приню́хаться (prinjúxatʹsja) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Serbo-Croatian: њу̏шити — to make a short audible inhalation
• Serbo-Croatian: njȕšiti — to make a short audible inhalation
• Spanish: olfatear — to make a short audible inhalation
• Spanish: olisquear — to make a short audible inhalation
• Spanish: oliscar — to make a short audible inhalation
• Swedish: nosa — to make a short audible inhalation
• Thai: ดม (dom) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Thai: สูด (sùut) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Ukrainian: ню́хати (njúxaty) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Ukrainian: чми́хати (čmýxaty) — to make a short audible inhalation
• Vietnamese: ngửi — to make a short audible inhalation
• Welsh: ffroeni — to make a short audible inhalation
• Welsh: ffroenochi — to make a short audible inhalation
• Finnish: niiskauttaa — to say something while sniffing
• Finnish: niiskuttaa — to say something while sniffing
• Belarusian: чуць (čucʹ) — to perceive vaguely
• Finnish: haistaa — to perceive vaguely
• Finnish: aavistaa — to perceive vaguely
• Italian: odorare — to perceive vaguely
• Italian: snasare — to perceive vaguely
• Kabuverdianu: txera — to perceive vaguely
• Kabuverdianu: txerá — to perceive vaguely
• Russian: чу́ять (čújatʹ) — to perceive vaguely
• Russian: почу́ять (počújatʹ) — to perceive vaguely
• Ukrainian: відчувати (vidčuvaty) — to perceive vaguely
• Ukrainian: відчути (vidčuty) — to perceive vaguely
• Esperanto: ekmovi la nazon — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Finnish: nyrpistellä — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Finnish: nyrpistää nenäänsä — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Hungarian: fintorog — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Hungarian: fanyalog — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Polish: wybrzydzać — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Russian: фы́ркать (fýrkatʹ) — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Russian: фы́ркнуть (fýrknutʹ) — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Ukrainian: крутити носом (krutyty nosom) — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Welsh: ffroenochi — to be dismissive or contemptuous
• Finnish: nuuskia — computing: to intercept and analyse packets of data
• Asturian: surniar — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Belarusian: ню́хаць (njúxacʹ) — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Bulgarian: смъркам (smǎrkam) — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Dutch: snuiven — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Esperanto: snufi — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Finnish: nuuskata — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Finnish: vetää nenään — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Finnish: vetää viiva — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Finnish: sniffata — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• French: sniffer — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Galician: nifrar — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Hebrew: הִסְנִיף (hisníf) — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Italian: sniffare — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Italian: tirare — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Portuguese: cheirar — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Portuguese: snifar — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Russian: ню́хать (njúxatʹ) — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Spanish: esnifar — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Spanish: ñatear — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Spanish: inhalar — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Spanish: aspirar — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Swedish: sniffa — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose
• Ukrainian: ню́хати (njúxaty) — to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose