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inodore

odourless

adjective ee-noh-DOH-reh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Origin: From Latin 'inodorus': 'in-' (not) + 'odor' (smell).

Also means

scentless

Usage Note

Inodore is an invariable adjective — it does not change for gender or number: un gas inodore, una sostanza inodore, gas inodori (though inodori is occasionally used for the plural). It is primarily used in scientific, medical, and safety contexts to describe substances that lack any smell, unlike the more common everyday word senza odore.

Examples

"Il gas è inodore e invisibile."

Natural Translation

The gas is odourless and invisible.

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