smell

smell
smell [{{t}}smel] ( {{}}British{{}} pt & pp smelled or smelt [{{t}}smelt], {{}}American{{}} pt & pp smelled)
1 transitive verb
(a) (notice an odour of) sentir;
to smell gas sentir le gaz, {{}}American{{}} sentir le gaz ou l'essence;
I can smell (something) burning (je trouve que) ça sent le brûlé;
she smelt or she could smell alcohol on his breath elle s'aperçut que son haleine sentait l'alcool
(b) {{}}figurative{{}} (sense → trouble, danger) flairer, pressentir;
to smell a rat flairer quelque chose de louche
(c) (sniff at → food) sentir, renifler; (→ flower) sentir, humer; (of dog) flairer, renifler;
she smelt the cream to see if it was fresh elle a senti la crème pour voir si elle était fraîche
2 intransitive verb
(a) (have odour) sentir;
to smell good or sweet sentir bon;
to smell bad sentir mauvais;
it smells musty ça sent le renfermé;
that soup smells delicious! cette soupe sent délicieusement bon!;
what does it smell of or like? qu'est-ce que ça sent?;
it smells of lavender ça sent la lavande;
it smells like lavender on dirait de la lavande;
{{}}figurative{{}} to smell of treachery/hypocrisy sentir la trahison/l'hypocrisie;
{{}}familiar{{}} to smell fishy sembler louche
(b) (have bad odour) sentir (mauvais);
it smells (awful) in here! ça pue ici!;
his breath smells il a mauvaise haleine;
the dog smells le chien sent mauvais ou pue
(c) (perceive odour)
he can't smell il n'a pas d'odorat;
you smell with your nose le nez sert à sentir
3 noun
(a) (sense → of person) odorat m; (→ of animal) odorat m, flair m;
he has no sense of smell il n'a pas d'odorat;
I've lost my sense of smell j'ai perdu l'odorat;
to have a keen sense of smell avoir le nez fin; (dog etc) avoir beaucoup de flair
(b) (odour) odeur f; (of flowers, fruit) parfum m; (bad odour) mauvaise odeur f; (stench) puanteur f;
there's a bad smell ça sent mauvais;
what's that smell? quelle est cette odeur?;
there's a strong smell of gas in here il y a une forte odeur de gaz ici;
there was a smell of burning in the kitchen il y avait une odeur de brûlé dans la cuisine;
the smell of onions cooking l'odeur f d'oignons qui cuisent;
there was a lovely smell of lavender ça sentait bon la lavande;
it has no smell ça n'a pas d'odeur;
natural gas has no smell le gaz naturel n'a pas d'odeur ou est inodore;
what an awful smell! qu'est-ce que ça sent mauvais!;
{{}}figurative{{}} the smell of defeat/fear l'odeur f de la défaite/de la peur;
{{}}figurative{{}} I don't like the smell of this at all ça ne me plaît pas du tout, c'est louche
(c) (sniff)
to have or take a smell of sth sentir qch, renifler qch;
have a smell of this sentez-moi ça
smell out separable transitive verb
(a) (of dog) dénicher en flairant; {{}}figurative{{}} (of person) découvrir, dépister; (secret, conspiracy) découvrir
(b) his cigarettes are smelling the office out ses cigarettes empestent ou empuantissent le bureau
smell up inseparable transitive verb
{{}}American{{}} = smell out (b)

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