body odour

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body odour

noun body odours · body odor

  1. countable, uncountable The unpleasant smell produced by the human body, primarily resulting from the metabolic activity of skin bacteria on sweat secretions.

    Similar: BO, bromidrosis, osmidrosis, ozochrotia, fetid sweat

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noun unpleasant smell on a person's body

Españolbromhidrosis, sobaquina
한국어암내 amnae, 땀내 ttamnae, 액취증 aekchwijeung
日本語腋臭 wakiga, 体臭 taishū
中文體臭 /体臭 tǐchòu, 狐臭 húchòu, 狐臊 húsāo, 腋臭 yèchòu
Kiswahiliadhifari
Portuguêsodor corporal, cecê
Françaisodeur corporelle
DeutschKörpergeruch
Italianocattivo odore del corpo
Ελληνικάιδρωτίλα idrotíla
Русскийза́пах те́ла zápax téla
Tiếng Việtmùi cơ thể
العربيةرائحَة الجسم

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@misc{body_odour_2026,
  title = {body odour},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/body%20odour},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}