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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPetrichor
/ˈpet.rɪ.kɔːr/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A pleasant, distinctive earthy smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.
"As the afternoon thunderstorm broke over the scorched meadow, the air filled with the soothing scent of petrichor."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1964 by Australian researchers Isabel Joy Bear and Richard G. Thomas, from Greek 'petra' ('stone') + 'ichor' (the ethereal fluid of Greek gods).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Petrichor" is said worldwide
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Pétrichor
Transliteration: petrichor
Script: Pétrichor (odeur de la terre après la pluie)
"Le pétrichor flottait dans l'air tiède de l'été."
Petrichor
Transliteration: petrichor
Script: Petrichor (Regengeruch auf trockener Erde)
"Der herrliche Petrichor nach dem Gewitter erfüllte die Stadt."
Petricore
Transliteration: petricore
Script: Petricore (odore della pioggia)
"Il profumo del petricore risveglia ricordi d'infanzia."
Petricor
Transliteration: petricor
Script: Petricor (olor a tierra mojada)
"El petricor llenaba el ambiente tras la tormenta estival."
Cheiro de chuva
Transliteration: cheiro-de-chuva
Script: Petricor
"O petricor após o primeiro temporal de verão é inconfundível."
सोंधी खुशबू
Transliteration: sondhi-khushboo
Script: सोंधी खुशबू (पहली बारिश में मिट्टी की महक)
"पहली बारिश के बाद मिट्टी से उठने वाली सोंधी महक सबको लुभाती है।"
初雨气息
Transliteration: chuyu-qixi
Script: 雨后泥土香 / 潮土气
"夏日暴雨初至，空气中弥漫着清新的泥土芳香。"
비 온 뒤 흙냄새
Transliteration: bi-on-dwi-heuk-naemsae
Script: 페트리코 (비 내릴 때 흙냄새)
"오랜 가뭄 끝에 내린 첫 비로 흙냄새가 가득 퍼졌다."
雨上がりの土の匂い
Transliteration: ame-agari-no-tsuchi-no-nioi
Script: ペトリコール (雨の匂い)
"夕立の後のペトリコールが夏の訪れを感じさせる。"
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