riechen — meaning in English

English meaning

• savour noun A distinctive taste, smell, or quality that something has.
• smell noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.
• stink verb To give off a strong, unpleasant smell.

Senses

riechen is used for these senses in English:

• savour To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
• savour (archaic) Of a thing: to give off a (specified) aroma or smell.
• smell A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
• stink (intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.

savour — full definition

1. noun A distinctive taste, smell, or quality that something has.
2. verb To enjoy food, drink, or an experience slowly and fully.

smell — full definition

1. noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.
2. noun The sense that detects odors.
3. verb To perceive an odor, or to give off one.
4. verb To sense that something is wrong or suspicious.

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