olfactory
/əʊlˈfæktəi/ohl-FAK-tur-ee
/oʊlˈfæktɚi/ohl-FAK-tur-ee
Meaningof smelling
Common meaning: of the sense of smell
- olfactto smell atLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1262 · scan
- oryplace ending: a place for
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√AD‘smell’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 10, p. 730 · scan
- Latinolfaciō, -ere‘to smell at’
- Englisholfactory‘of the sense of smell’ · today
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin olfaciō ‘to smell at’.
Roots
- olfaciō, -ere Latin “to smell at”
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