🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Farejador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fa.ɾe.ʒaˈdoɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Smeller/ˈsmɛl.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O farejador é capaz de identificar cheiros distintos."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or animal that has a keen sense of smell.

    "The bloodhound is known as an excellent smeller, capable of tracking scents over long distances."
  2. 2

    An object or device that detects or identifies smells.

    "The new electronic smeller can analyze and identify various odors in the environment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'smeller' is derived from the verb 'smell', which comes from the Old English 'smellan', meaning 'to perceive by the olfactory sense'. The suffix '-er' indicates an agent noun, referring to someone or something that performs the action of smelling. This formation has been common in English since the Middle Ages.

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