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Summary

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reek:
- Wiktionary:
  reek → puanteur
  reek → empester, puer, fouetter, schlinguer, embaumer, rancir, sentir
  reek → fumée, sentir
- Synonyms for "reek":
  malodor; malodour; stench; stink; fetor; foetor; mephitis; smell; odor; odour; olfactory sensation; olfactory perception
  smack; suggest; evoke; paint a picture
  stink; smell; stink up; stink out
  fume; exude; exudate; transude; ooze out; ooze
  emit; give out; give off

English

Detailed Translations for reek from English to French

reek:

Translation Matrix for reek:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	fetor; foetor; malodor; malodour; mephitis; stench; stink
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	fume; smack; smell; stink
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	smoke

Synonyms for "reek":

malodor; malodour; stench; stink; fetor; foetor; mephitis; smell; odor; odour; olfactory sensation; olfactory perception
smack; suggest; evoke; paint a picture
stink; smell; stink up; stink out
fume; exude; exudate; transude; ooze out; ooze
emit; give out; give off

Related Definitions for "reek":

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant¹
be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face¹
smell badly and offensively¹
- The building reeks of smoke¹
have an element suggestive (of something)¹
give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.¹

Wiktionary Translations for reek:

reek

noun

unpleasant smell
- reek → puanteur

verb

to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
- reek → empester; puer; fouetter; schlinguer
to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
- reek → puer

reek

verb

introduire dans un cadavre des substances propres à empêcher qu’il ne se corrompre.
- embaumer → embalm; perfume; fragrance; give off an odour; reek; smell
devenir rance, dégager une odeur rance.
- rancir → reek
Traductions à trier suivant le sens
- sentir → feel; sense; grope; finger; touch; give off an odour; reek; smell

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• reek	→ fumée	↔ Rauch — durch Verbrennung entstehende Gase, Dämpfe und Partikel (als Schwebeteilchen in der Luft)
• reek	→ sentir	↔ riechen — intransitiv: unangenehmen Geruch verbreiten

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