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1 smell
(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 -
2 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. -
3 putrid
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