Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

odour

/ˈoʊdɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: odour
IPA: /ˈoʊdɚ/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

UK standard spelling of odor.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry."

Usage

Inflected Forms

odours (plural)

Derived Forms

deodourise malodour odourless odourprint odourproof odourscape odoursome

Phrases

body odour odour of sanctity

Synonyms

olfactory property smell aroma odor scent olfactory sensation olfactory perception

Homonyms

odor oder

Rhymes With

odor loader schroeder decoder oder coder fyodor schroder yoder roeder loder moder

Questions

How do you pronounce odour?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊdɚ/.
What does odour mean?: UK standard spelling of odor.

How to pronounce odour

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