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 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

1. third-person singular present active indicative of odōrō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French odorat.

Noun

odorat n (plural odoraturi)

1. smell

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	odorat	odoratul		odoraturi	odoraturile
genitive-dative	odorat	odoratului		odoraturi	odoraturilor
vocative	odoratule			odoraturilor