olor

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

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

olór (Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜍ᜔)

1. perfume

   Synonym: pahamot

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”).

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

olor f (plural olors)

1. smell

• olorós
• fer olor

• flaire
• olorar

• “olor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “olor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

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”).

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

olor

1. smell; odor

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.ɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.lor]

olor m (genitive olōris); third declension

1. (chiefly poetic) swan

   Synonym: cygnus

Third-declension noun.

• olōrifer
• olōrīnus

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.ɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.lor]

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

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

Third-declension noun.

• “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.

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.

• IPA^(key): /oˈloɾ/ [oˈloɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: o‧lor

olor m (plural olores)

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

• “olor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• loor, loro, orlo, orló, rolo, roló