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halener.

to scent (detect the scent of another)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/al.ne//a.lɛ.ne//a.le.ne/
  1. to scent (detect the scent of another)

    transitive
  2. to exhale

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French alener, from Early Medieval Latin alēnāre, metathesized from Latin anhēlāre (“breathe out, breathe forth”). Compare Catalan and Occitan alenar. The initial ⟨h⟩ was added by analogy with Latin halāre.

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