odour
pronunciation
How to pronounce odour in British English:
UK [ˈəʊdə(r)]
How to pronounce odour in American English:
US [ˈoʊdər]
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- Noun:
- the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
- any property detected by the olfactory system
Word Origin
- odour
- odour: [13] The Latin noun for ‘smell’ was odor. It was descended from the Indo-European base *od-, source also of the Greek verb ózein ‘smell’ (from which English gets ozone [19]), the Latin verb olēre ‘smell’ (ancestor of English redolent), and the Latin verb olfacere ‘smell’ (source of English olfactory). It passed into English via Anglo-Norman odour. (It has, incidentally, no etymological connection with odious [14], which comes from Latin odium ‘hatred’.)=> olfactory, redolent
- odour (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of odor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or.
Example
- 1. Inside there was a distinct odour .
- 2. The air was so thick with this odour I couldn 't escape it .
- 3. The mysterious world of odour is nonetheless pervasive ; it surrounds us and emanates from us .
- 4. Tea contains tannic acid , which will dry your feet out , reducing the amount of sweat and odour .
- 5. I found that particular odour tends to stick in the memory as well .