odorous

English

Alternative forms

• odourous

Etymology

From Middle English odorous, from Medieval Latin odōrōsus, equivalent to odor +‎ -ous.

Adjective

odorous (comparative more odorous, superlative most odorous)

1. Having a distinctive odor.

   The table was piled with odorous lilies.

Synonyms

• odoriferous

Translations

having distinctive odour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芬芳的 (fēnfāngde), 臭的 (chòude)

• Finnish: tuoksuva
• French: odorant (fr) m
• Ido: odoroza (io)
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• Italian: odoroso (it) m
• Maori: monomono, kakara
• Romanian: mirositor (ro), odorant (ro), odorifer (ro)
• Russian: паху́чий (ru) (paxúčij), души́стый (ru) (dušístyj)
• Spanish: odorífero (es) m