Odorous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having odor or a characteristic odor

emitting an odor

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈoʊdɚɹəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈəʊdəɹəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈəʊdəɹəs/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈoʊdɚɹəs/.

Examples

odorous jasmine flowers
odorous garbage
fresh odorous bread

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

odoriferous sweet-smelling sweet-scented scented perfumed sweet

Antonyms

odorless

Parts of Speech

adjective	having odor or a characteristic odor “odorous jasmine flowers”
adjective	emitting an odor “odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack”
adjective	having a natural fragrance “odoriferous spices”

Word Forms

odor	noun	any property detected by the olfactory system
sweetness	noun	a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

riechend

einen Geruch oder einen charakteristischen Geruch haben

🇫🇷French

odorant

ayant une odeur ou une odeur caractéristique

🇪🇸Spanish

oloroso

tener olor o un olor característico

🇮🇹Italian

odoroso

avere odore o un odore caratteristico

🇳🇱Dutch

geurig

met een geur of een karakteristieke geur

🇵🇹Portuguese

odorífero

tendo odor ou um odor característico

🇷🇺Russian

пахучий

имеющий запах или характерный запах

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सुगंधित

गंध या विशिष्ट गंध होना

🇧🇩Bengali

গন্ধযুক্ত

গন্ধ বা একটি চরিত্রগত গন্ধ থাকার

🇮🇳Tamil

நாற்றமுடையது

துர்நாற்றம் அல்லது ஒரு சிறப்பியல்பு மணம் கொண்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

వాసనగల

వాసన లేదా లక్షణ వాసన కలిగి ఉండటం

🇮🇳Marathi

दुर्गंधीयुक्त

गंध किंवा वैशिष्ट्यपूर्ण गंध असणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગંધયુક્ત

ગંધ અથવા લાક્ષણિક ગંધ હોવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾಸನೆಯುಳ್ಳ

ವಾಸನೆ ಅಥವಾ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟವಾದ ವಾಸನೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗന്ധമുള്ള

ദുർഗന്ധം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സ്വഭാവ ഗന്ധം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਦਬੂਦਾਰ

ਗੰਧ ਜਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਗੰਧ ਹੋਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بدبودار

بدبو یا خصوصیت کی بدبو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

有臭味的

有气味或特征气味

🇯🇵Japanese

臭い

臭気または特有の臭気がある

🇰🇷Korean

냄새나는

냄새가 나거나 특유의 냄새가 나는 경우

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thơm

có mùi hoặc mùi đặc trưng

🇹🇭Thai

มีกลิ่น

มีกลิ่นหรือกลิ่นเฉพาะตัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

yg berbau baik

mempunyai bau atau bau yang khas

🇵🇭Filipino

mabaho

pagkakaroon ng amoy o isang katangiang amoy

🇲🇾Malay

berbau busuk

mempunyai bau atau bau ciri

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

معطر

وجود رائحة أو رائحة مميزة

🇮🇷Persian

خوشبو

داشتن بو یا بوی مشخص

🇹🇷Turkish

kokulu

kokusu veya karakteristik bir kokusu olan

🇮🇱Hebrew

רֵיחָנִי

בעל ריח או ריח אופייני

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