odorant
French, adjective/ɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/
odorant is spelled O-D-O-R-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,878th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Odorant is a French adjective meaning “scented, aromatic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of odorer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui exhale une odeur”.
What does odorant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
scented, aromatic
acore odorant
verb
- 1
present participle of odorer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui exhale une odeur. 2. Qui répand une bonne odeur.
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 odorant
- odorante feminine
- odorants masculine plural
- odorantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce odorant?
- /ɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/
- \ɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃\
- [ɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to odorant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is odorant in French?
odorant appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).