Borrowed from Spanish olor (“smell, odor”).
olór
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”).
olor f (plural olors)
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”).
olor
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (a type of bird, waterfowl). Cognate with Welsh alarch (“swan”), Old Norse álka (“auk”). More at auk.
olor m (genitive olōris); third declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | olor | olōrēs |
| Genitive | olōris | olōrum |
| Dative | olōrī | olōribus |
| Accusative | olōrem | olōrēs |
| Ablative | olōre | olōribus |
| Vocative | olor | olōrēs |
Pre- and post-Classical counterpart to odor, likely influenced by, or formed anew from, oleō (“smell”).
olor m (genitive olōris); third declension (nonstandard)
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | olor | olōrēs |
| Genitive | olōris | olōrum |
| Dative | olōrī | olōribus |
| Accusative | olōrem | olōrēs |
| Ablative | olōre | olōribus |
| Vocative | olor | olōrēs |
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.
olor m (plural olores)