🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

cheiro

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈʃej.ɾu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Odor/ˈoʊ.dɚ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O cheiro do bolo assando era maravilhoso."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A smell or scent, especially an unpleasant one.

    "An unpleasant odor emanated from the old refrigerator."
  2. 2

    A distinctive quality or trace of a specified kind.

    "His political career was tainted by an odor of corruption."

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Synonyms (3)
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'odor' originates from the Latin 'odor', meaning 'smell' or 'scent'. It evolved through Middle English, where it was used to describe both pleasant and unpleasant smells, reflecting the dual nature of scents in human experience.

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