Plural of scent
regular plural
The plural of scent is scents.
Forms of scent
| Singular | scent /sɛnt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | scents /sɛn(t)s/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Scents in a sentence
- Behind me the forest stood wrapped in mist, its scents still sleeping.1973, Mary Stewart, The Hollow Hills, New York: William Morrow, Book 3, p. 357
- The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents.From the entry enfleurage
- Scents, food smells, and cigarette smoke were the most frequent offending odors reported by osmophobic migraineurs.2008, Dara G. Jamieson, Headache Medicine: Questions and Answers, page 113. From the entry migraineur
- The 3M Company has had spectacular success with its scratch-and-sniff scents.1976, Ruth Winter, The smell book: scents, sex, and society, page 106. From the entry microfragrance
- They have two rhinophores in the front to detect scents and gills on their backs that look like royal crowns.2022 April 12, Jack Israel, “Short but Beautiful Lives”, in world.dan.org. From the entry regal sea goddess
Meaning of scent
- noun A distinctive smell.
- noun A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
- noun The sense of smell.
Questions about the plural of scent
- What is the plural of scent?
- The plural of scent is scents.
- Is scent countable?
- Scent is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scent (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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