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musty [ˈmʌstɪ][book, clothes] moisi* * *['mʌstɪ]1) [room] qui sent le renfermé; [book, clothing] qui a une odeur de moisito smell musty — sentir le moisi or le renfermé
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1 [room, area] qui sent le renfermé ; [book, clothing] qui a une odeur de moisi ; [smell] ( of room etc) de renfermé ; ( of book etc) de moisi ; to smell musty sentir le moisi or le renfermé ; to taste musty avoir un goût de moisi ; to go musty moisir ;2 fig [ideas, thinking] vieux jeu inv. -
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(damp or stale in smell or taste: musty old books.) moisi -
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(a) (notice an odour of) sentir;∎ to smell gas sentir le gaz, American sentir le gaz ou l'essence;∎ I can smell (something) burning (je trouve que) ça sent le brûlé;∎ she smelt or she could smell alcohol on his breath elle s'aperçut que son haleine sentait l'alcool∎ to smell a rat flairer quelque chose de louche∎ she smelt the cream to see if it was fresh elle a senti la crème pour voir si elle était fraîche(a) (have odour) sentir;∎ to smell good or sweet sentir bon;∎ to smell bad sentir mauvais;∎ it smells musty ça sent le renfermé;∎ that soup smells delicious! cette soupe sent délicieusement bon!;∎ what does it smell of or like? qu'est-ce que ça sent?;∎ it smells of lavender ça sent la lavande;∎ it smells like lavender on dirait de la lavande;∎ figurative to smell of treachery/hypocrisy sentir la trahison/l'hypocrisie;∎ familiar to smell fishy sembler louche□(b) (have bad odour) sentir (mauvais);∎ it smells (awful) in here! ça pue ici!;∎ his breath smells il a mauvaise haleine;∎ the dog smells le chien sent mauvais ou pue∎ he can't smell il n'a pas d'odorat;∎ you smell with your nose le nez sert à sentir3 noun∎ he has no sense of smell il n'a pas d'odorat;∎ I've lost my sense of smell j'ai perdu l'odorat;∎ to have a keen sense of smell avoir le nez fin; (dog etc) avoir beaucoup de flair(b) (odour) odeur f; (of flowers, fruit) parfum m; (bad odour) mauvaise odeur f; (stench) puanteur f;∎ there's a bad smell ça sent mauvais;∎ what's that smell? quelle est cette odeur?;∎ there's a strong smell of gas in here il y a une forte odeur de gaz ici;∎ there was a smell of burning in the kitchen il y avait une odeur de brûlé dans la cuisine;∎ the smell of onions cooking l'odeur f d'oignons qui cuisent;∎ there was a lovely smell of lavender ça sentait bon la lavande;∎ it has no smell ça n'a pas d'odeur;∎ natural gas has no smell le gaz naturel n'a pas d'odeur ou est inodore;∎ what an awful smell! qu'est-ce que ça sent mauvais!;∎ figurative the smell of defeat/fear l'odeur f de la défaite/de la peur;∎ figurative I don't like the smell of this at all ça ne me plaît pas du tout, c'est louche∎ to have or take a smell of sth sentir qch, renifler qch;∎ have a smell of this sentez-moi ça(a) (of dog) dénicher en flairant; figurative (of person) découvrir, dépister; (secret, conspiracy) découvrir(b) his cigarettes are smelling the office out ses cigarettes empestent ou empuantissent le bureau
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musty — UK [ˈmʌstɪ] / US adjective Word forms musty : adjective musty comparative mustier superlative mustiest smelling unpleasant and not fresh The room had a musty smell. Derived word: mustiness noun uncountable … English dictionary
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