fragrance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fragrance, from Latin fragrantia. See fragrant.

Pronunciation

enPR: frāʹ-grəns, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹeɪɡɹəns/
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Noun

fragrance (countable and uncountable, plural fragrances)

A pleasant smell or odour.
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A perfume.

Synonyms

(pleasant smell): aroma

Translations

pleasant smell or odour

Albanian: aromë (sq) f
Arabic: أَرِيج m (ʔarīj), عَبِير m (ʕabīr), شَذًا m (šaḏan), عِطْر m (ʕiṭr)
Armenian: բույր (hy) (buyr), անուշահոտություն (hy) (anušahotutʻyun), բուրմունք (hy) (burmunkʻ)
Belarusian: во́дар m (vódar), арама́т m (aramát), пах m (pax)
Bengali: খোশবু (bn) (khośbu), মহক (mohok)
Bulgarian: благоуха́ние (bg) n (blagouhánie), уха́ние (bg) n (uhánie), арома́т (bg) m (aromát)
Burmese: ရနံ့ (my) (ra.nam.), အမွှေး (my) (a.hmwe:)
Catalan: perfum (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 香味 (hoeng¹ mei⁶), 芬芳 (fan¹ fong¹), 香氣 / 香气 (hoeng¹ hei³)

Hokkien: 芳味 (zh-min-nan) (phang-bī), 芳氣 / 芳气 (phang-khì)

Literary Chinese: 馥, 馨香 (xīnxiāng), 馝 (bì), 馞 (bó)

Mandarin: 香味 (zh) (xiāngwèi), 芬芳 (zh) (fēnfāng), 香氣 / 香气 (zh) (xiāngqì), 芳味 (zh) (fāngwèi), 芳氣 / 芳气 (zh) (fāngqì), 芬郁 (zh) (fēnyù), 芳澤 / 芳泽 (zh) (fāngzé), 芬香 (zh) (fēnxiāng)
Czech: vůně (cs) f
Danish: duft (da) c
Dutch: aroma (nl) n
Esperanto: bonodoro
Estonian: aroom, lõhn
Finnish: tuoksu (fi)
French: parfum (fr) m, fragrance (fr) f
Galician: fragrancia (gl) f, cheirume m, recendo (gl) m, arume (gl) m
Georgian: არომატი (aromaṭi), სურნელება (surneleba)
German: Duft (de) m, Duftnote (de) f
Greek: άρωμα (el) n (ároma), ευωδιά (el) f (evodiá)
Hebrew: נִיחוֹחַ (he) m (niḥóaḥ)
Hindi: इत्र (hi) (itra), अतर (hi) (atar), महक (hi) f (mahak), गंध (hi) f (gandh), सुगंध (hi) f (sugandh), ख़ुशबू f (xuśbū)
Hungarian: illat (hu)
Iban: angit
Icelandic: ilmur (is) m
Ilocano: banglo
Italian: profumo (it) m
Japanese: 香り (ja) (かおり, kaori), 香気 (ja) (こうき, kōki)
Kapampangan: banglu
Khmer: គន្ធ (km) (kʊəntʰɔɔ), គន្ធជាត (kʊəntʰeaʔciet)
Korean: 향기(香氣) (ko) (hyanggi)
Lao: ຄັນທະ (khan tha)
Latvian: aromāts m, smarža f
Lithuanian: aromatas m, kvepėjimas m
Macedonian: ми́рис (mk) m (míris), а́рома f (ároma)
Malay: wangian (ms)
Maori: kakara
Norwegian:
Bokmål: duft (no) m, aroma (no), godlukt
Old Church Slavonic: благоѫханиѥ n (blagoǫxanije)
Old English: æþelstenċ m, wyrtbrǣþ m
Persian: عطر (fa) ('atr)
Polish: woń (pl) f, zapach (pl) m
Portuguese: fragrância (pt) f, perfume (pt) m, cheiro (pt) m
Punjabi: ਖੁਸ਼ਬੂ f (khuśbū), ਸੁਗੰਧ (pa) f (sugandh)
Russian: арома́т (ru) m (aromát), благоуха́ние (ru) n (blagouxánije)
Sanskrit: गन्ध (sa) m (gandha)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: арома f

Roman: aroma (sh) f
Slovak: vôňa f
Slovene: vonjava f
Spanish: fragancia (es) f, aroma (es) m
Swedish: doft (sv) c, vällukt (sv) c, arom (sv) c, vällukt (sv) c, arom (sv) c
Tagalog: bango
Tetum: morin
Thai: กลิ่นหอม (glìn-hŏm)
Turkish: koku (tr), güzel koku, rayiha (tr)
Ukrainian: арома́т (uk) m (aromát)
Vietnamese: mùi thơm, hương thơm (vi), hương vị (vi)

perfume — see perfume

Verb

fragrance (third-person singular simple present fragrances, present participle fragrancing, simple past and past participle fragranced)