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fragrance

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • frāʹ-grən(t)s
  • /ˈfɹeɪɡɹən(t)s/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • obsolete: frăʹ-grəns
  • obsolete: /ˈfɹæ.ɡɹəns/
  • CMU ARPABET: F R EY1 G R AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A pleasant smell or odour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aroma

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A perfume.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To apply a fragrance to; to perfume.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent

5

noun

Meaning 5

a distinctive odor that is pleasant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aroma, perfume, scent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception

Narrower terms: incense

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhreh1g- Latin fragrō Latin fragrāns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantiabor. French fragrancebor. English fragrance Borrowed from French fragrance, from Middle French fragrance, from Old French fraglance, from Late Latin frāgrantia. See fragrant.

Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: aromë — pleasant smell or odour
  • Arabic: أَرِيج (ʔarīj) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Arabic: عَبِير (ʕabīr) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Arabic: شَذًا (šaḏan) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Arabic: عِطْر (ʕiṭr) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Armenian: բույր (buyr) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Armenian: անուշահոտություն (anušahotutʻyun) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Armenian: բուրմունք (burmunkʻ) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Belarusian: во́дар (vódar) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Belarusian: арама́т (aramát) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Belarusian: пах (pax) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Bengali: খোশবু (khośbu) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Bengali: মহক (mohok) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Bulgarian: благоуха́ние (blagouhánie) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Bulgarian: уха́ние (uhánie) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Bulgarian: арома́т (aromát) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Burmese: ရနံ့ (ra.nam.) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Burmese: အမွှေး (a.hmwe:) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Catalan: perfum — pleasant smell or odour
  • Catalan: fragància — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Cantonese: 香味 (hoeng1 mei6) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Cantonese: 芬芳 (fan1 fong1) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Cantonese: 香氣 /香气 (hoeng1 hei3) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese: 芳味 (zh-min-nan) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese: 芳氣 /芳气 (phang-khì) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Literary Chinese: 馥 — pleasant smell or odour
  • Literary Chinese: 馨香 (xīnxiāng) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Literary Chinese: 馝 (bì) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Literary Chinese: 馞 (bó) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香味 (xiāngwèi) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芬芳 (fēnfāng) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香氣 /香气 (xiāngqì) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芳味 (fāngwèi) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芳氣 /芳气 (fāngqì) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芬郁 (fēnyù) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芳澤 /芳泽 (fāngzé) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芬香 (fēnxiāng) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Czech: vůně — pleasant smell or odour
  • Danish: duft — pleasant smell or odour
  • Dutch: aroma — pleasant smell or odour
  • Esperanto: bonodoro — pleasant smell or odour
  • Estonian: aroom — pleasant smell or odour
  • Estonian: lõhn — pleasant smell or odour
  • Finnish: tuoksu — pleasant smell or odour
  • French: parfum — pleasant smell or odour
  • French: fragrance — pleasant smell or odour
  • Galician: fragrancia — pleasant smell or odour
  • Galician: cheirume — pleasant smell or odour
  • Galician: recendo — pleasant smell or odour
  • Galician: arume — pleasant smell or odour
  • Georgian: არომატი (aromaṭi) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Georgian: სურნელება (surneleba) — pleasant smell or odour
  • German: Duft — pleasant smell or odour
  • German: Duftnote — pleasant smell or odour
  • Greek: άρωμα (ároma) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Greek: ευωδιά (evodiá) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Hebrew: נִיחוֹחַ (niḥóaḥ) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Hindi: परिमल (parimal) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Hindi: इत्र (itra) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Hindi: अतर (atar) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Hindi: महक (mahak) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Hindi: गंध (gandh) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Hindi: सुगंध (sugandh) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Hindi: ख़ुशबू (xuśbū) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Hungarian: illat — pleasant smell or odour
  • Iban: angit — pleasant smell or odour
  • Icelandic: ilmur — pleasant smell or odour
  • Ilocano: banglo — pleasant smell or odour
  • Italian: profumo — pleasant smell or odour
  • Italian: fragranza — pleasant smell or odour
  • Japanese: 香り (kaori) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Japanese: 香気 (kōki) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Kapampangan: banglu — pleasant smell or odour
  • Khmer: គន្ធ (kʊənthɔɔ) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Khmer: គន្ធជាត (kʊəntheaʔciet) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Korean: 향기 (hyanggi) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Lao: ຄັນທະ — pleasant smell or odour
  • Latvian: aromāts — pleasant smell or odour
  • Latvian: smarža — pleasant smell or odour
  • Lithuanian: aromatas — pleasant smell or odour
  • Lithuanian: kvepėjimas — pleasant smell or odour
  • Macedonian: ми́рис (míris) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Macedonian: а́рома (ároma) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Malay: wangian — pleasant smell or odour
  • Māori: kakara — pleasant smell or odour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: duft — pleasant smell or odour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aroma — pleasant smell or odour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: godlukt — pleasant smell or odour
  • Old Church Slavonic: благоѫханиѥ (blagoǫxanije) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Old English: æþelstenċ — pleasant smell or odour
  • Old English: wyrtbrǣþ — pleasant smell or odour
  • Persian: عطر ('atr) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Polish: woń — pleasant smell or odour
  • Polish: zapach — pleasant smell or odour
  • Portuguese: fragrância — pleasant smell or odour
  • Portuguese: perfume — pleasant smell or odour
  • Portuguese: cheiro — pleasant smell or odour
  • Punjabi: ਖੁਸ਼ਬੂ (khuśbū) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Punjabi: ਸੁਗੰਧ (sugandh) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Russian: арома́т (aromát) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Russian: благоуха́ние (blagouxánije) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Sanskrit: गन्ध (gandha) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Serbo-Croatian: арома — pleasant smell or odour
  • Serbo-Croatian: aroma — pleasant smell or odour
  • Slovak: vôňa — pleasant smell or odour
  • Slovene: vonjava — pleasant smell or odour
  • Spanish: fragancia — pleasant smell or odour
  • Spanish: aroma — pleasant smell or odour
  • Spanish: fragrancia (disused) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Swedish: doft — pleasant smell or odour
  • Swedish: vällukt — pleasant smell or odour
  • Swedish: arom — pleasant smell or odour
  • Tagalog: bango — pleasant smell or odour
  • Tamil: மணம் (maṇam) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Tamil: நறுமணம் (naṟumaṇam) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Tamil: நறுநாற்றம் (naṟunāṟṟam) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Tetum: morin — pleasant smell or odour
  • Thai: กลิ่นหอม (glìn-hŏm) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Turkish: koku — pleasant smell or odour
  • Turkish: güzel koku — pleasant smell or odour
  • Turkish: rayiha — pleasant smell or odour
  • Turkish: ıtır — pleasant smell or odour
  • Ukrainian: арома́т (aromát) — pleasant smell or odour
  • Vietnamese: mùi thơm — pleasant smell or odour
  • Vietnamese: hương thơm — pleasant smell or odour
  • Vietnamese: hương vị — pleasant smell or odour
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