smell in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for smell in the English»French Dictionary

I.smell [Brit smɛl, Am smɛl] N

1. smell (odour):

smell (gen)

odeur f

smell (unpleasant)

(mauvaise) odeur f

a smell of cooking/burning

une odeur de cuisine/de brûlé

there's a bit of a smell in here

il y a une drôle d'odeur ici

what a smell!

comme ça sent mauvais!

2. smell (sense):

smell

odorat m

sense of smell

odorat, sens m olfactif

3. smell (action):

to have a smell of or at sth

sentir un peu qc

4. smell (of absence, fraud, dishonesty):

smell fig

relents mpl

II.smell <pret, pp smelled, smelt Brit> [Brit smɛl, Am smɛl] VB trans

1. smell lit:

smell (notice, detect)

sentir

smell (sniff deliberately) person:

sentir

smell animal:

renifler, sentir

I could smell alcohol on his breath

je sentais à son haleine qu'il avait bu

I can smell lemons/burning

ça sent le citron/le brûlé

2. smell (detect) fig:

smell danger, problem, success, change, good worker

flairer

smell liar, cheat

repérer

a good reporter can always smell a good story

un bon journaliste flaire toujours une bonne histoire

III.smell <pret, pp smelled, smelt Brit> [Brit smɛl, Am smɛl] VB intr

1. smell (have odour):

smell (gen)

sentir

smell (unpleasantly)

sentir (mauvais)

that smells nice/horrible

ça sent bon/très mauvais

this gas/flower doesn't smell

ce gaz/cette fleur ne sent rien

to smell of roses/garlic

sentir la rose/l'ail

that smells like curry

ça sent le curry

2. smell fig:

to smell of racism/complacency/corruption

sentir le racisme/la complaisance/la corruption

3. smell (have sense of smell):

smell

avoir de l'odorat

I.smell out VB [Brit smɛl -, Am smɛl -] (smell [sth] out, smell out [sth])

1. smell out (sniff out, discover) lit dog:

smell out drugs, explosives

flairer

2. smell out fig person:

smell out plot, treachery, corruption

découvrir

smell out spy, traitor

démasquer

3. smell out (cause to stink):

smell out room, house

empester, empuantir

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burnt smell, taste

de brûlé, de roussi

pervasive smell

pénétrant

obnoxious smell

nauséabond

vinous inv taste, smell

vineux/-euse

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remugle

stale smell

sentir le remugle

to smell stale

odeur/goût de rance

rancid smell/taste

sentir le rance

to smell rancid

humer fleur, potage

to smell

effluve

unpleasant smell

smell in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for smell in the English»French Dictionary

I.smell <smelt, smelt Brit, Aus [or -ed, -ed Am, Aus]> [smel] N

1. smell (odour):

smell

odeur f

the smell of roses

le parfum des roses

2. smell (sense of smell):

smell

odorat m

3. smell pej (bad odour):

smell

puanteur f

4. smell (sniff):

to take/have a smell of sth

sentir qc

Phrases:

the sweet smell of success

la griserie du succès

II.smell <smelt, smelt Brit, Aus [or -ed, -ed Am, Aus]> [smel] VB intr

1. smell (use one's sense of smell):

smell

sentir

2. smell (give off an odour):

smell

sentir

sweet-smelling

qui sent bon

3. smell pej (have an unpleasant smell):

smell

sentir mauvais

III.smell <smelt, smelt Brit, Aus [or -ed, -ed Am, Aus]> [smel] VB trans

smell a. fig:

smell

sentir

Phrases:

to smell sth a mile off

flairer qc à des kilomètres

to smell a rat

se douter de qc

smell out VB trans

1. smell out (discover by smelling):

smell out a. fig

flairer

2. smell out pej (cause to smell bad):

smell out

empester

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pervasive smell

envahissant(e)

vile smell, taste

infect(e)

to smell vile

infester

tantalizing smell

alléchant(e)

Translations for smell in the French»English Dictionary

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odeur

smell

je sens une odeur de brûlé

I can smell burning

sentir le cramé

to smell of burning

sentir le renfermé

to smell musty

odorat

sense of smell

une odeur pestilentielle

a foul smell

smell Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to take/have a smell of sth

sentir qc

to smell sth a mile off

flairer qc à des kilomètres

the smell makes him feel dizzy

l'odeur lui cause des étourdissements

to fill sth with a lovely smell

embaumer qc

lavender gives a lovely smell to linen

la lavande embaume le linge

to be filled with a smell

s'imprégner d'une odeur

to get rid of a taste/smell

ôter un goût/une odeur

he is upset [or indisposed] by the heat/the smell

la chaleur/l'odeur l'indispose

this person/smell makes me feel sick

cette personne/cette odeur me donne la nausée

there's a rotten smell in this room!

ça sent le pourri dans cette pièce!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This usage caused nem to have a bright reddish color and a sulphuric smell.

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She had symptoms of hysteria in her loss of taste and smell.

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Smell the coffee, taste the oranges, flavour with cardamom and savor the honey.

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The men longed for home and the smell of freshly baked Christmas cake and plumb pudding.

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The smell of the dead combined with the stenches of sickness, phlegm, urine, and faeces was said to be unbearable.

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Smell of acetone in breath is a common feature in ketosis.

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The benzopyrrole volatiles indole and skatole actually have a mothball type smell, and therefore probably do not contribute greatly to the characteristic smell of flatus.

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When the clowder's laundry is being done, they claim the smell coming from the facility's furnace and dryer vents rise into their bathroom window.

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At times there is a smell of sulphur in this area.

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It was endowed with color, smell, and taste.

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