olfaction

English

Etymology

From Latin olfactus.

Noun

olfaction (plural olfactions)

the sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules

Related terms

olfactory

Translations

the sense of smell

Basque: usaimen (eu)
Bulgarian: обоняние (bg) n (obonjanie)
Catalan: olfacte (ca) m
Dutch: reukzin (nl)
French: olfaction (fr) f
German: Geruchssinn (de) m

Greek: όσφρησις (el) (ósfrisis)
Italian: olfatto (it) m
Polish: węch (pl) m
Portuguese: olfato (pt) m
Spanish: olfato (es) m
Walloon: oda (wa)

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