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cheirar

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose)
  2. (intransitive) to smell (to have a particular smell)
  3. (informal) to snoop, pry (to inquire into something that does not concern one)
  4. (colloquial, intransitive, transitive) to snort (to insufflate cocaine)

Frekwensie

B2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ʃe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cheirar (“to smell”), from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flagrāre, by dissimilation from Latin fragrāre. Cognate to Galician cheirar, Extremaduran cheral, Catalan and Occitan flairar, Sicilian ciagurari, French flairer, and English flair (through Old French flair).

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