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odor.

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈəʊ.də/Received-Pronunciation/ˈoʊ.dɚ/General-American
  1. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.

    US · countable · uncountable
  2. A strong, pervasive quality.

    US · countable · figuratively · uncountable
  3. Esteem.

    US · figuratively · uncountable
  4. Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

    US · archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English odour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman odour, from Old French odor, from Latin odor. Cognates * Swedish odör (“bad smell”)

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.