DisputedEnglishPetrichorA pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.
12 thoughts on “English : Petrichor”
Petrichor is a word with a Greek root, it’s not specific to English at all
It’s perfectly translatable into other languages that contain a large portion of Greek words, because there are rules in all those languages for transliterating it.
For exemple, French has Pétrichor (same greek root, different language)
ፔትሪኮር In Amharic
بيتريتشور In Arabic
Պետրիչորը In Armenian
Петрычор in Belarusian
ভিজে মাটির সোঁদা গন্ধ In Bengali
Petrihor In Bosnian
Ухание след дъжд In Bulgarian
And more that I haven’t checked
This word is also used in French and depicts exactly the same thing. It was indeed borrowed from English since it was invented by an English speaker chemist however it is used by some French speakers. Actually, as a French native speaker I didn’t know it was an English word until I saw it here.
Petrichor is a word with a Greek root, it’s not specific to English at all
It’s perfectly translatable into other languages that contain a large portion of Greek words, because there are rules in all those languages for transliterating it.
For exemple, French has Pétrichor (same greek root, different language)
Actually in Spanish we have the exactly same word for the same
In Italy we call it “petricore” and you can definitely notice the Greek etymology of both words, which suggets me many languages have a word for it
It exists in Portuguese as well (Petricor), and I could bet it comes from Latin, so most romance languages will have it as well 🙂
It’s not even english… it’s from Latin and exists as the same in French for example
While the word has been invented by two australien person (wikipedia), the word nos exists in other langages (at least in french)
pétrichor In French is exactly the same
Petrichor also exists in french
ፔትሪኮር In Amharic
بيتريتشور In Arabic
Պետրիչորը In Armenian
Петрычор in Belarusian
ভিজে মাটির সোঁদা গন্ধ In Bengali
Petrihor In Bosnian
Ухание след дъжд In Bulgarian
And more that I haven’t checked
This word is also used in French and depicts exactly the same thing. It was indeed borrowed from English since it was invented by an English speaker chemist however it is used by some French speakers. Actually, as a French native speaker I didn’t know it was an English word until I saw it here.
This word is not English and does exist in many languages, therefore there’s no need to put it in the list.
Hindi has a word “Saundhi” for that exact smell.