odorant

English

Etymology

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Alternative forms

• odourant

Noun

odorant (plural odorants)

1. Any substance that has a distinctive smell, especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposes

Translations

substance with distinctive smell

• Bulgarian: аромат (bg) m (aromat)
• German: Odoriermittel n

• Hungarian: szaganyag, illatanyag (hu), (one added to household gas) szagosítóanyag

Adjective

odorant

1. Having an odour/odor.

Derived terms

• deodorant
• reodorant

Anagrams

• donator, tandoor, tornado

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French

Etymology

From Latin odorantem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/

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Adjective

odorant (feminine singular odorante, masculine plural odorants, feminine plural odorantes)

1. scented, aromatic

Further reading

• “odorant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Verb

odōrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of odōrō