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The French word for to smell is
sentir





to smell

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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