scent

English

/sɛnt/

noun
Definitions
  • A distinctive odour or smell.
  • An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
  • The sense of smell.
  • A perfume.
  • (figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
  • (obsolete) Sense, perception.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sentir (feel, perceive, smell), sentire inherited from Latin sentīre (feel) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (feel, go, head for, true, being, head).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sent-

Gloss

feel, go, head for, true, being, head

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

頭

Emoji

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