odorat

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin odōrātus. Compare Italian odorato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.dɔ.ʁa/

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• Rhymes: -a

Noun

odorat m (plural odorats)

1. 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 (deprecated template usage) Picsou Magazine (fiction), (deprecated template usage) 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.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) odōrat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of odōrō