scent

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A distinctive smell.
2. (countable, uncountable) A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
3. (countable, uncountable) The sense of smell.
4. (uncountable) A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Sense, perception.

Verb

1. (transitive) To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
2. (ambitransitive) To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
3. (figuratively, transitive) To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
4. (transitive) To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To have a smell; (figuratively) to give an impression (of something).
6. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

Concepts

odeur

👃

parfum

arôme

fumet

sentir

👃

fragrance

flairer

👃

senteur

piste

embaumer

flair

arome

odorat

👃

parfumer

odeur suave

pressentir

puanteur

renifler

trace

prononce

odeur agréable

Synonymes

smell

👃

perfume

odour

odor

fragrance

aroma

sniff

wind

sweet smell

nose

👃

trail

taste

clue

sense

key

🔑

smack

flavor

odorize

hint

incense

relish

savor

essence

feel

fume

fumigate

snuff

nose out

suspect

sweetness

tang

tincture

tinge

olfaction

track

flair

whiff

zest

body odor

good smell

odourise

olfactory property

make fragrant

perceive an odour

odor

odour

aromatize

attar

balm

blemish

Traductions

profumo

Duft

odore

👃

Geruch

👃

geur

olor

👃

cheiro

👃

reuk

👃

perfume

lucht

odor

luchtje

aroma

άρωμα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɛnt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sent

Appartenant à néerlandais: zin

Appartenant à allemand: Sinn

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Sinn

Appartenant à luxembourgeois: Sënn

Appartenant à saterlandais: Sin

Appartenant à frison occidental: sin

In summary

From Middle English sent (noun) and senten (verb), from Old French sentir (“to feel, perceive, smell, sense”), from Latin sentīre (“to feel, sense”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”), and thus related to Saterland Frisian Sin (“sense”), West Frisian sin (“sense”), Dutch zin (“sense, meaning”), Low German Sinn (“sense”), Luxembourgish Sënn (“sense, perception”), German Sinn (“sense”). The -c- appeared in the 17th century, possibly by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science.

Phrases

It was better than the scent of the hookahs .

C'était mieux que l'odeur des narguilés.