The French word for to smell is
sentir
French Definition
smell | |
1. n. Odorat. | |
The five senses are: sight, sound (hearing), smell, taste, and touch. (vue ou vision, ouïe, odorat, goût, toucher) | |
2. n. Odeur. | |
The refrigerator has a funny smell coming from it. | |
3. n. Parfum. | |
I love the smell of roses. | |
4. v. Sentir. | |
5. v. Humer. | |
smell the perfume, smell the Spring air | |
6. v. (Intransitif) (Péjoratif), (populaire) Puer (to smell bad). | |
At a dinner party, the woman sitting next to Dr. Johnson had the rude effrontery to say, "Dr. Johnson, you smell." Dr. Johnson, always the most precise in matters of speech, thereupon replied, "No, Madam. You smell. I stink.&quo | |
If your feet smell and your nose runs, you're built upside down (exemple illustrant la polysémie de smell et de run.) | |
Jingle bells, Batman smells | |
Les cloches sonnent, Batman pue |
Translations for smell and their definitions
sentir | |||
1. v. to smell (to have a certain odor) | |||
Ça sent bon. - It smells good. | |||
2. v. to taste | |||
3. v. to feel (physical perception) | |||
4. v. to smell of, taste of | |||
Ce repas sent l’ail. - This meal smells/tastes of garlic. | |||
5. v. to smack of; to indicate, foreshadow | |||
Ça sent la pluie. - It looks like rain. | |||
6. v. to have the character, manner, feeling or appearance of; to give a feeling of | |||
7. v. to feel, be aware of, be conscious of | |||
8. v. to feel (in oneself) | |||
9. v. to show, be felt (of effect, improvement etc.) |
odeur | |||
1. n-f. smell, odour | |||
Cela a une bonne odeur. - That has a good smell. |
humer | ||
1. v. to smell |
odorat | |||
1. n-m. smell (sense of smell) |
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