English Explanatory Dictionary

scent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A distinctive smell.
  2. A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
  3. The sense of smell.
  4. A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
  5. Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
  6. Sense, perception.
verb
  1. To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
  2. To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
  3. To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
  4. To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
  5. To have a smell; (figuratively) to give an impression (of something).
  6. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

Pronunciation

sĕnt /sɛnt/ en-us-scent.ogg

Word forms

scent scents sent scenting scented

Etymology

From Middle English sent (noun) and senten (verb), from Old French sentir (“to feel, perceive, smell, sense”), from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel, sense”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”), and thus related to Saterland Frisian Sin (“sense”), West Frisian sin (“sense”), Dutch zin (“sense, meaning”), Low German Sinn (“sense”), Luxembourgish Sënn (“sense, perception”), German Sinn (“sense”). The -c- appeared in the 17th century, possibly by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science.

Synonyms

aroma bouquet fragrance nosegay odor perfume redolence smell olfaction aftershave cologne eau de toilette toilet water sniff detect discern perceive sense odorize

Related words

olfactory

Derived words

afterscent false scent hay-scented fern information scent scent-bottle scented scentful scent gland scent hound scentless scentmaker scent mark scent pad scentscape underscent forescent overscent outscent scentable scenter scent out

Translations

Afrikaans: reuk Arabic: رَائِحَة Arabic: رَوَائِح Arabic: ريحة Armenian: բույր Armenian: բուրմունք Bashkir: еҫ Belarusian: за́пах Belarusian: пах Bengali: গন্ধ Bulgarian: мирис Bulgarian: миризма Catalan: esència Catalan: olor Chinese Mandarin: 氣味 /气味 Czech: vůně Dutch: geur Dutch: reuk Egyptian: s-T:Aa2 Finnish: tuoksu Finnish: haju French: odeur Galician: recendo Galician: cheirume Galician: cheiro German: Geruch German: Duft Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 Greek: οσμή Greek: μυρωδιά Ancient Greek: ὀσμή Hebrew: ריח Hindi: गंध Hungarian: illat Irish: boladh Italian: odore Japanese: 香り Japanese: 匂い Japanese: 臭い Khmer: ក្លិន Korean: 냄새 Latin: odor Malay: bau Māori: kakara Māori: tīare Maranao: bao Norwegian: duft Oromo: foolii Persian: عطر Plautdietsch: Jeroch Polish: zapach Polish: woń Portuguese: cheiro Portuguese: aroma Portuguese: odor Romanian: miros Russian: за́пах Serbo-Croatian: мирис Serbo-Croatian: miris
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