Meaning of Smell | Babel Free
smɛlDefinitions
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A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. countable, uncountable
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The sense that detects odours. countable, uncountable
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A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate. countable, uncountable
Equivalents
Afrikaans
reuk
አማርኛ
ሽታ
বাংলা
গন্ধ
བོད་སྐད
དྲི་མ
Dansk
lugt
Esperanto
odoro
Eesti
lõhn
Euskara
usaimen
Gaeilge
boladh
Gàidhlig
fàileadh
Հայերեն
հոտ
Íslenska
lykt
ქართული
სუნი
Қазақша
иіс
ខ្មែរ
ក្លិន
Кыргызча
жыт
ລາວ
ກິ່ນ
Lietuvių
kvapas
Te Reo Māori
kakara
मराठी
वास
Bahasa Melayu
bau
Malti
riħa
پښتو
بوى
Română
miros
සිංහල
සුවඳ
Slovenščina
voh
Kiswahili
harufu
తెలుగు
వాసన
Тоҷикӣ
бӯй
اردو
بو
Oʻzbekcha
hid
Examples
“I love the smell of fresh bread.”
“The penetrating smell of cabbage reached the nose of Toad as he lay prostrate in his misery on the floor, and gave him the idea for a moment that perhaps life was not such a blank and desperate thing as he had imagined. But still he wailed, and kicked with his legs, and refused to be comforted. So the wise girl retired for the time, but, of course, a good deal of the smell of hot cabbage remained behind, as it will do, and Toad, between his sobs, sniffed and reflected, and gradually began to think new and inspiring thoughts: of chivalry, and poetry[…]”
“I’m just saying, this has a bad smell to it.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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