odorant

English

Alternative forms

• odourant

Etymology

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Noun

odorant (plural odorants)

1. Any substance that has a distinctive smell, especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposes

Translations

substance with distinctive smell

• Bulgarian: аромат (bg) m (aromat)
• German: Odoriermittel n
• Hungarian: szaganyag, illatanyag (hu), (one added to household gas) szagosítóanyag

Adjective

odorant

1. Having an odour/odor.

Derived terms

• deodorant
• reodorant

Anagrams

• donator, tandoor, tornado

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin odorans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/

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Adjective

odorant (feminine odorante, masculine plural odorants, feminine plural odorantes)

1. scented, aromatic

   acore odorant ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• malodorant

Participle

odorant

1. present participle of odorer

Further reading

• “odorant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Verb

odōrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of odōrō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French odorant.

Adjective

odorant m or n (feminine singular odorantă, masculine plural odoranți, feminine/neuter plural odorante)

1. odorous, odoriferous

Declension

Declension of odorant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	odorant		odorantă	odoranți	odorante
	definite	odorantul		odoranta	odoranții	odorantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	odorant		odorante	odoranți	odorante
	definite	odorantului		odorantei	odoranților	odorantelor