olor

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”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈlo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [oˈlo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈloɾ]

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olor f (plural olors)

1. smell

• olorós
• fer olor

• flaire
• olorar

• “olor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “olor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “olor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “olor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Spanish olor (“smell, odor”).

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

olór (Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜍ᜔)

1. perfume

   Synonym: pahamot

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”).

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

olor

1. smell; odor

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.ɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.lor]

olor m (genitive olōris); third declension

1. (chiefly poetic) swan

   Synonym: cygnus

Third-declension noun.

• olōrifer
• olōrīnus

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.ɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.lor]

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

1. alternative form of odor (“a smell”)

Third-declension noun.

• “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.

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.

• IPA^(key): /oˈloɾ/ [oˈloɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: o‧lor

olor m (plural olores)

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

• “olor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• loor, loro, orlo, orló, rolo, roló