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olor

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish olor (smell, odor).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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olór (Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜍ᜔)

  1. perfume
    Synonym: pahamot

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Catalan

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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olor f (plural olors)

  1. smell
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See also

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References

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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olor

  1. smell; odor

Latin

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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olor m (genitive olōris); third declension

  1. (chiefly poetic) swan
    Synonym: cygnus
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative olor olōrēs
genitive olōris olōrum
dative olōrī olōribus
accusative olōrem olōrēs
ablative olōre olōribus
vocative olor olōrēs
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Etymology 2

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

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Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of odor (a smell)
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Descendants
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  • Asturian: golor
  • Catalan: olor
  • Friulian: nulôr
  • Old French: olor
  • Occitan: olor
  • Portuguese: olor
  • Spanish: olor

References

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  • 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.

Spanish

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈloɾ/ [oˈloɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: o‧lor

Noun

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olor m (plural olores)

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

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