odour

[ oh-der ]

nounChiefly British.
  1. a variant of odor.

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British Dictionary definitions for odour

odour

US odor

/ (ˈəʊdə) /


noun
  1. the property of a substance that gives it a characteristic scent or smell

  2. a pervasive quality about something: an odour of dishonesty

  1. repute or regard (in the phrases in good odour, in bad odour)

Origin of odour

1
C13: from Old French odur, from Latin odor; related to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ōzein

Derived forms of odour

  • odourless or US odorless, adjective

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