Odour

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈəʊdÉ™/
• US IPA: /ˈoÊŠdəɹ/

Alternative forms

• odor (US)

Origin

From Anglo-Norman and Old French odur, odor, odour, from Latin odor.

Full definition of odour

Noun

1. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
2. (now rare) Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.
• 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XXIV:On the morow after the saboth, erly in the mornynge, they cam vnto the toumbe and brought the odoures whych they had prepared, and other wemen wyth them.

Derived terms

• body odour, body odor
• deodorant
• deodorise, deodorize
• odoriferous
• odourless