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For the verb: "to smell"

Simple Past:	smelled, smelt
Past Participle:	smelled, smelt

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

smell

1. noun
   1. odeur f;
   2. (sense) odorat m.

2. transitive verb (person) sentir;
   (animal) renifler, sentir;
   I can ~ burning ça sent le brûlé.

3. intransitive verb sentir;
   that ~s nice/horrible ça sent bon/très mauvais;
   to ~ of sth sentir qch.

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'smell' found in these entries:

English:

burning - cling - come - evil - faint - fishy - foul - fresh - good - horrible - keen - linger - lovely - meaty - musty - nasty - nauseous - overpower - overpowering - powerful - pungent - put - rotten - scent - sense - sharp - sickening - sickly - stale - strong - sweet - tang - tempting - vile - water

French:

âcre - aigre - atténuer - brúlé - discerner - disparaître - écœurant - effluve - embaumer - flair - flairer - humer - infâme - mauvais - nez - odeur - odorant - odorat - partir - persistant - régner - remonter - renfermé - répandre - respirer - roussi - sentir

smell: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
smell	vi	(emit an odour)	sentir vi ⇒
It smells in their house, but I can't say what the smell is exactly.
Ça sent dans leur maison, mais je n'arrive pas à trouver quelle est cette odeur.
smell	vi	(emit a foul odour) sentir mauvais	empester vi ⇒
			sentir mauvais vi
Whew! It smells in the bathroom. You should open a window.
Pouah ! Ça empeste dans la salle de bain. Tu devrais ouvrir une fenêtre.
Pouah ! Ça sent mauvais dans la salle de bain. Tu devrais ouvrir une fenêtre.
smell	vi	(sense, ability to smell) percevoir les odeurs	sentir vtr ⇒
I can't smell with this cold that I have.
Je ne sens rien avec ce rhume !
smell	vtr	(detect by smell) reconnaître une odeur	sentir vtr ⇒
She smelled garlic and knew that her friend was cooking.
Elle sentit l'odeur d'ail et sut que son ami était en train de cuisiner.
smell	n	(odour, fragrance)	odeur nf
The smell of the cooking filled the house.
L'odeur de ce qui se cuisinait embaumait la maison.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
smell	n	(foul smell)	mauvaise odeur nf
The smell was obvious when we opened the refrigerator.
La mauvaise odeur était évidente lorsqu'on ouvrit le frigo.
smell	n	(sense, ability to smell) sens	odorat nm
I have a bad cold, and have lost my sense of smell.
J'ai un gros rhume et ai perdu mon odorat.
smell	vi	(emit a type of odour)	sentir vi ⇒
It smells strongly, don't you think?
Ça sent fort, tu ne trouves pas ?
smell like	vi	(resemble in smell)	sentir vtr ⇒
It smells like pizza, but is really something different.
Ça sent la pizza mais en fait c'est quelque chose d'autre.
smell	vi	figurative (resemble in general) ressembler : figuré	sentir vtr ⇒
This situation smells like a trap.
Cette situation sent le piège.
smell	vtr	figurative (detect in general) figuré	sentir vtr ⇒
He smelled trouble when the others started arguing, so he left the bar.
Il sentit les ennuis arriver quand les autres commencèrent à s'engueuler, alors il partit du bar.
smell	vtr	(sniff)	renifler vtr ⇒
He smelled around the room, trying to locate the source of the odour.
Il renifla dans toute la pièce, essayant de localiser la source de l'odeur.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
bad smell			odeur nauséabonde
fill the air with a nice smell		v	embaumer ⇒ (plat)
sense of smell		nm	odorat
smell a rat		v	flairer quelque chose de louche
smell a rat		v	sentir une embrouille
smell bad		v	sentir mauvais
smell good		v	sentir bon
smell of		nf	odeur de (avoir l'odeur de)
smell of (to have a smell of at something)		v	sentir un peu
smell out (inquire)		v	flairer ⇒ (humer - personne)
smell out (inquire)		v	flairer ⇒
smell strong		v	embaumer ⇒ (fromage)
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "smell".

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
A sweet keen smell
expensive smell
FR: the ones that smell good - grammaire
I can smell it from in here. And it smells wonderful.
I could still hear and smell everything that was happening around me
I feel it / smell it
I smell a rat
I smell trouble
isn't very sensitive to smell
it makes one's breath smell
Like usual, when i close my eyes and try to smell it, it made my head spin
One can only smell rotting corpses
sea smell
shit don't smell
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smell like
smell like a million bucks
Smell like the stinking miles behind you!
smell the daisies
Smell the roses
smell-test
stop to smell the flowers
Stop to smell the roses
the sickly sweet smell of death
the smell of hot fat
The smell of melted butter tickled my nostrils
the stronger the smell the better the cheese
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