The instant he opened the door, he smelt something burning.
Source: tatoeba (39021)
Smelt
//smɛlt//
Synonyms for "smelt" (29 found)
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More general
6 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesentails
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
50 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χωνεύω verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ко́рюшка noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- плавка noun (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes)
- стопилка noun (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes)
- стопявам verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Catalan
1 entries- eperlà noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 胡瓜魚 /胡瓜鱼 noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- 冶煉 /冶炼 verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
- 熔煉 /熔炼 verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Czech
1 entries- koruška noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Dutch
1 entries- smelten noun (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes)
Estonian
1 entries- tint noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Finnish
3 entries- kuore noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- sula noun (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes)
- sulattaa verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
French
1 entries- éperlan noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Galician
1 entries- fundir verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
German
3 entries- Schmelze noun (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes)
- Stint noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- verschmelzen verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Indonesian
1 entries- melebur verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Ingrian
1 entries- kurvi noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Irish
2 entries- cualarach noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- smealt noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Italian
2 entries- sperlano noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- fondere verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Japanese
1 entries- 胡瓜魚 noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Kazakh
1 entries- қиярбалық noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- gaqpesaw noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Māori
4 entries- kehakeha noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- ngaore noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- paraki noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- rangiriri noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Polish
1 entries- stynka noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Portuguese
1 entries- fundir verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Russian
4 entries- ко́рюшка noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- распла́в noun (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes)
- спла́вить verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
- сплавля́ть verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dubh-bhreac noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Spanish
4 entries- eperlano noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- copelar verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
- fundir verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
- soldar verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Swedish
1 entries- nors noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Tagalog
1 entries- tugnawin verb (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
Veps
1 entries- sinikod noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Walloon
1 entries- spierlin noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Welsh
2 entries- brwyniad noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
- gwyniad Ebrill noun (fish of the family Osmeridae)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
This is the first time I've ever smelt this perfume.
Source: tatoeba (1679942)
A furnace is an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
Source: tatoeba (3011577)
The sausages sizzled in the frying pan and smelt delicious.
Source: tatoeba (4159084)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.