smelt in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for smelt in the English»French Dictionary

I.smelt [Brit smɛlt, Am smɛlt] VB pt VB pp

smelt → smell

II.smelt <pl smelt or smelts> [Brit smɛlt, Am smɛlt] N ZOOL

smelt

éperlan m

III.smelt [Brit smɛlt, Am smɛlt] VB trans

smelt metal

extraire [qc] par fusion

smelt ore

fondre

See also smell

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 [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

Translations for smelt in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

éperlan

smelt

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

smelt in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for smelt in the English»French Dictionary

smelt¹ [smelt] Brit, Aus

smelt pt, pp of smell

See also smell

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

smelt² [smelt] VB trans

smelt metal:

smelt

fondre

smelt³ <-(s)> [smelt] N ZOOL

smelt

éperlan m

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)

Translations for smelt in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

éperlan

smelt

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

smelt 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

Bait used for sturgeon is mostly its natural prey including shad, anchovies, shrimp, and smelt.

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It is highly malleable as well as easy to smelt.

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They erected billboards proclaiming this, and held festivals for the annual smelt runs, until the runs dried up.

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Fish caught are principally sardines, bonito, mackerel smelt and sprats.

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Other spawning animals which are semelparous include mayflies, squid, octopus, smelt, capelin and some amphibians.

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This soup had some lightly grilled smelt fillets, plus three heads: two smelt heads and one sizeable turbot head with teeth like an orc.

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I closed my eyes and saw, smelt, touched and tasted two soft-boiled eggs in a blue-and-white eggcup.

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If they smelt him, as they surely would, with his clothes sodden with sweat and dirt, then the game was up.

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The original function of the plant was to smelt the pyrites from the mine into sulphur and copper matte.

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Sadly we had to knock a point off this one because it inexplicably smelt exactly like talcum powder.

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