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1 smell
smell [smel](verb: preterite, past participle smelled or smelt)1. nounodeur f• it has a nice/nasty smell cela sent bon/mauvais• what a smell in here! ce que ça sent mauvais ici !• I smell a rat! il y a quelque chose de louche !• I smell danger! je pressens un danger !• that smells delicious! ça sent très bon !• it smells dreadful! ça pue !a. ( = discover) découvrir* * *[smel] 1.1) ( odour) odeur f2) ( sense) odorat msense of smell — odorat m
3) ( action)4) fig relents mpl2.1) lit sentir3.1) ( have odour) sentirthat smells like curry — ça sent le curry; fig
to smell of — sentir [corruption]
2) ( have sense of smell) avoir de l'odorat•Phrasal Verbs: -
2 smell
A n1 ( odour) gen odeur f ; ( 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! ;3 ( action) to have a smell of ou at sth sentir un peu qch ;1 lit (notice, detect) sentir ; ( sniff deliberately) [person] sentir ; [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 fig ( detect) flairer [danger, problem, success, change, good worker] ; repérer [liar, cheat] ; a good reporter can always smell a good story un bon journaliste flaire toujours une bonne histoire.1 ( have odour) gen sentir ; ( 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 fig to smell of racism/complacency/corruption sentir le racisme/la complaisance/la corruption ;3 ( have sense of smell) avoir de l'odorat.■ smell out:▶ smell [sth] out, smell out [sth]3 ( cause to stink) empester, empuantir [room, house]. -
3 garlic
(a plant with a bulb shaped like an onion, which has a strong taste and smell and is used in cooking: The sauce is flavoured with garlic.) ail -
4 whiff
whiff [wɪf]a. ( = puff) [of smoke, hot air] bouffée fb. ( = bad smell) (inf) what a whiff! qu'est-ce que ça pue !* * *[wɪf], US [hwɪf]noun (of perfume, food, dung) odeur f (of de); (of smoke, garlic) bouffée f (of de); fig relent m (of de) -
5 stink
A n1 ( stench) (mauvaise) odeur f ; the stink of death/of rotten fish l'odeur de mort/de poisson pourri ; there's an awful stink in here! ça pue ici! ;2 ○ ( row) esclandre m ; there'll be a (hell of a) stink over this! ça va faire un esclandre or du grabuge ○ ! ; to kick up ou cause a stink about sth causer un esclandre à propos de qch.1 ( smell) puer ; to stink of petrol/garlic puer l'essence/l'ail ; the room is filthy-it stinks la pièce est sale-ça pue (là-dedans) ;2 ○ fig ( reek) to stink of corruption/injustice sentir la corruption/l'injustice à plein nez ; the city stank of war/death la ville puait la guerre/la mort ; the contract stinks! le contrat pue ○ ! ; we don't want your justice-it stinks! on s'en fout ○ de votre justice-elle pue ○ !■ stink out:▶ stink [sth] out, stink out [sth] empester [room, house].■ stink up US:▶ stink [sth] up, stink up [sth] empuantir. -
6 whiff
whiff, US hwIf n ( smell) (of perfume, food) odeur f also pej (of de) ; (of smoke, garlic) bouffée f (of de) ; fig (of danger, failure, controversy) relent m (of de) ; to get ou catch a whiff of sentir l'odeur de.
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