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Pronunciation / Transliteration: shtink-end
"Der Müll ist stinkend."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having a strong or unpleasant smell.
"The garbage left out in the sun became very smelly." - 2
Used informally to describe something that is offensive or unpleasant.
"His smelly attitude made it hard for others to work with him."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'smelly' originates from the Middle English 'smellen', which means to emit a scent, derived from the Old Norse 'smella'. The suffix '-y' is used to form adjectives indicating a characteristic, thus 'smelly' describes something that has a strong or unpleasant odor.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Smelly" is said worldwide
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malodorant
Transliteration: mal-o-do-ran
"Le fromage a une odeur malodorante."
stinkend
Transliteration: shtink-end
"Der Müll ist stinkend."
puzzolente
Transliteration: poot-so-len-te
"La spazzatura è puzzolente."
apestoso
Transliteration: a-pe-sto-so
"El pescado está apestoso."
fedorento
Transliteration: fe-do-ren-to
"O lixo está fedorento."
बदबूदार
Transliteration: badboodar
"यह कचरा बदबूदार है।"
臭的
Transliteration: chòu de
"垃圾很臭。"
악취 나는
Transliteration: akchwi naneun
"쓰레기가 악취 나요."
臭い
Transliteration: nikui
"ゴミは臭いです。"
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