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odour

/ˈəʊdə/OH-dur
/ˈoʊdɚ/OH-dur

Meaninga smell

Common meaning: a smell

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√AD‘smell’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 10, p. 730 · scan
  2. Latinodor, -ōris‘a smell, scent’
  3. Frenchodeur
  4. Middle Englishodoursource
  5. Englishodour‘a smell’ · today

odour also in: malodorous

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin odor ‘a smell, scent’.

Roots

Related words

malodorous

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