olfaction
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olfaction
- /oʊlˈfækʃən/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French olfaction /olefaction, from Latin olfactus, perfect passive participle of olfaciō (“to smell (transitive)”) + -tion.
noun olfactions
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The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.
‘I think the single most extraordinary aspect of olfaction is that we all smell the world differently,’ Beauchamp told me.
Similar: flair, olfaction, olfactories, smell
Opposite: anosmia
Thesaurus
noun
Opposite: anosmia
Translations
Every language
noun the sense of smell
| Español | olfato |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 후각 hugak |
| 日本語 | 嗅覚 kyūkaku |
| 中文 | 嗅覺 /嗅觉 xiùjué |
| हिन्दी | गंधानुभूति gandhānubhūti |
| Português | olfato, faro |
| Français | olfaction, odorat |
| Deutsch | Geruchssinn, Geruch |
| Italiano | olfatto, odorato |
| Ελληνικά | όσφρησις ósfrisis |
| Română | miros |
| Русский | обоня́ние obonjánije, нюх njux |
| Tiếng Việt | khứu giác |
| العربية | شَمّ šamm |
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title = {olfaction},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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