odorat
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin odōrātus. Compare Italian odorato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.dɔ.ʁa/
Audio (Paris): (file) - Rhymes: -a
Noun
odorat m (plural odorats)
- smell (sense of smell)
- Synonym: olfaction
- 2005 November 1, “Oncle Picsou : À la recherche de la toison d’or [Uncle Scrooge: The Golden Fleecing]”, in Picsou Magazine (fiction), Disney Hachette Presse, page 57:
- Hi ! Hi ! Laissez-moi vous dire que mon odorat est très développé et que vous, Monsieur Picsou, vous avez un puissante odeur d’or !
- Heh! Heh! Let me just say that my sense of smell is highly developed and that you, Mr. McDuck, you have a strong odor of gold!
Further reading
- “odorat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
odōrat
- third-person singular present active indicative of odōrō
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
odorat n (plural odoraturi)