odeur
French, noun/ɔ.dœʁ/
odeur is spelled O-D-E-U-R (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Odeur is a French feminine noun meaning “smell, odour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sensation que produisent sur l’odorat les émanations des corps”.
What does odeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmell, odour
Cela a une bonne odeur.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sensation que produisent sur l’odorat les émanations des corps. 2. Parfum ; cosmétique parfumé. 3. Parfums ; toutes sortes de bonnes senteurs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of odeur
- odeurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce odeur?
- /ɔ.dœʁ/
- \o.dœʁ\
- [yn o.dœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to odeur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is odeur in French?
odeur appears 25 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).