# olor
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish olor (“smell, odor”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔoˈloɾ/ [ʔoˈl̪oɾ]
* Hyphenation: o‧lor

### Noun

olór (Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜍ᜔)
* perfume
    Synonym: pahamot

#### Derived terms

* mag-olor
* oloran

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin olōrem, a non-Classical counterpart to Latin odōrem, likely influenced by olēre (“to smell”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell, stink”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [uˈlo]
* IPA: (Balearic) [oˈlo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [oˈloɾ]

### Noun

olor f (plural olors)
* smell

#### Related terms

* olorós
* fer olor

#### See also

* flaire
* olorar

### References

* “olor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “olor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “olor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “olor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish olor (“smell”), from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin olor, from Latin odor, influenced by oleō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell, stink”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈloɾ/, [oˈloɾ]
* Hyphenation: o‧lor

### Noun

olor
* smell; odor

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (a type of bird, waterfowl). Cognate with Welsh alarch (“swan”), Old Norse álka (“auk”). More at auk.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈo.lor/, [ˈɔɫ̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈo.lor/, [ˈɔːlor]

#### Noun

olor m (genitive olōris); third declension
* (chiefly poetic) swan
    Synonym: cygnus

##### Declension

Third-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

* olōrifer
* olōrīnus

### Etymology 2

Pre- and post-Classical counterpart to odor, likely influenced by, or formed anew from, oleō (“smell”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈo.lor/, [ˈɔɫ̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈo.lor/, [ˈɔːlor]

#### Noun

olor m (genitive olōris); third declension (nonstandard)
* Alternative form of odor (“a smell”)

##### Declension

Third-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* Asturian: golor
* Catalan: olor
* Friulian: nulôr
* Italian: olore, aulore
* Old French: olor
** Middle French: oleur
* Occitan: olor
* Portuguese: olor
* Spanish: olor

### References

* “olor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “olor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* olor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin olor, from Latin odor, influenced by oleō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell, stink”). Cognate with English odor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈloɾ/ [oˈloɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: o‧lor

### Noun

olor m (plural olores)
* smell, scent, odor
* (figurative) whiff (i.e. hint)

#### Derived terms

* bomba de olor (“stink bomb”)
* clavo de olor
* guisante de olor
* meloncillo de olor
* olor de santidad
* olorizar
* oloroso
* retama de olor
* rosal de olor

#### Related terms

* oler

### Further reading

* “olor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* loor, loro, orlo, orló, rolo, roló