olfactory
pronunciation
How to pronounce olfactory in British English:
UK [ɒlˈfæktəri]
How to pronounce olfactory in American English:
US [ɑːlˈfæktəri]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to olfaction
Word Origin
- olfactory
- olfactory: [17] Olfactory means etymologically ‘making smell’. It was borrowed from Latin *olfactōrius, a derivative of the verb olfacere ‘smell’. This in turn was a blend of olēre ‘smell’ (source of English redolent and related to odour) and facere ‘make’ (source of English fact, faction, etc).=> odour, redolent
- olfactory (adj.)
- 1650s, from Latin olfactorius, from olfact-, past participle stem of olfacere "to get the smell of, sniff," from olere "emit a smell, give off a smell of" (see odor) + facere "to make" (see factitious).
Example
- 1. This is an olfactory , not an auditory , problem .
- 2. Based on these findings , keller suspects that each person has an olfactory blind spot .
- 3. Oysters and asparagus are assumed to be aphrodisiacs , but this is only because of visual or olfactory associations .
- 4. Sac-winged bats perform elaborate courtship displays with acoustic visual and olfactory elements .
- 5. Dr. axel works on how olfactory information is handled in the cortex , the highest level of human and mouse brains .