Added 9 October 2026
olfaction
/oʊlˈfækʃən/ noun
In Latin: olfactus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about olfaction at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French olfaction /olefaction, from Latin olfactus, perfect passive participle of olfaciō (“to smell (transitive)”) + -tion.
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