olor

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish olor (“smell, odor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔoˈloɾ/ [ʔoˈl̪oɾ]
• Hyphenation: o‧lor

Noun

olór (Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜍ᜔)

1. perfume

   Synonym: pahamot

Derived terms

• mag-olor
• oloran

 

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin olōrem, a non-Classical counterpart to Latin odōrem, likely influenced by olēre (“to smell”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell, stink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈlo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [oˈlo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈloɾ]

Noun

olor f (plural olors)

1. smell

Related terms

• olorós
• fer olor

See also

• flaire
• olorar

References

• “olor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “olor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “olor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “olor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish olor (“smell”), from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin olor, from Latin odor, influenced by oleō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell, stink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈloɾ/, [oˈloɾ]
• Hyphenation: o‧lor

Noun

olor

1. smell; odor

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (a type of bird, waterfowl). Cognate with Welsh alarch (“swan”), Old Norse álka (“auk”). More at auk.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lor/, [ˈɔɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lor/, [ˈɔːlor]

Noun

olor m (genitive olōris); third declension

1. (chiefly poetic) swan

   Synonym: cygnus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	olor	olōrēs
Genitive	olōris	olōrum
Dative	olōrī	olōribus
Accusative	olōrem	olōrēs
Ablative	olōre	olōribus
Vocative	olor	olōrēs

Derived terms

• olōrifer
• olōrīnus

Etymology 2

Pre- and post-Classical counterpart to odor, likely influenced by, or formed anew from, oleō (“smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lor/, [ˈɔɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lor/, [ˈɔːlor]

Noun

olor m (genitive olōris); third declension (nonstandard)

1. Alternative form of odor (“a smell”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	olor	olōrēs
Genitive	olōris	olōrum
Dative	olōrī	olōribus
Accusative	olōrem	olōrēs
Ablative	olōre	olōribus
Vocative	olor	olōrēs

Descendants

• Asturian: golor
• Catalan: olor
• Friulian: nulôr
• Old French: olor
  • Middle French: oleur
• Occitan: olor
• Portuguese: olor
• Spanish: olor

References

• “olor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• olor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin olor, from Latin odor, influenced by oleō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell, stink”). Cognate with English odor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈloɾ/ [oˈloɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: o‧lor

Noun

olor m (plural olores)

1. smell, scent, odor
2. (figurative) whiff (i.e. hint)

Derived terms

• bomba de olor (“stink bomb”)
• clavo de olor
• guisante de olor
• meloncillo de olor
• olorizar
• oloroso
• retama de olor
• rosal de olor

 

Related terms

• oler

 

Further reading

• “olor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• loor, loro, orlo, orló, rolo, roló