oldre

Catalan

Alternative forms

• olre (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin olēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈo̞l.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈɔl.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɔl.dɾe]

Verb

oldre (first-person singular present olc, first-person singular preterite olguí, past participle olgut); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to smell (perceive by scent)
2. (intransitive) to smell (emit an odour)

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of oldre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			oldre
gerund			olent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		olgut		olguda
		plural		olguts		olgudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	olc	ols	ol	olem	oleu	olen
	imperfect	olia	olies	olia	olíem	olíeu	olien
	future	oldré	oldràs	oldrà	oldrem	oldreu	oldran
	preterite	olguí	olgueres	olgué	olguérem	olguéreu	olgueren
	conditional	oldria	oldries	oldria	oldríem	oldríeu	oldrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	olgui	olguis	olgui	olguem	olgueu	olguin
	imperfect	olgués	olguessis	olgués	olguéssim	olguéssiu	olguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ol	olgui	olguem	oleu	olguin
	negative (no)	—	no olguis	no olgui	no olguem	no olgueu	no olguin

Further reading

• “oldre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “oldre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “oldre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “oldre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• oldrer

Noun

oldre m or f

1. indefinite plural of older