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fragrant

adj · 3 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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  • UK, US: /ˈfɹeɪ.ɡɹənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪɡɹənt
  • obsolete: /ˈfɹæ.ɡɹənt/
  • CMU ARPABET: F R EY1 G R AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • fragrant flower
  • fragrant smell

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Attractive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Qualifier: sometimes ironic or patronising

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

pleasant-smelling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: malodorous

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frāgrāns, present active participle of frāgrō (“to smell”).

Across languages

Translations

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: aromatik — sweet-smelling
  • Albanian: mermë — sweet-smelling
  • Albanian: erëmirë — sweet-smelling
  • Amharic: መዓዛ ያለው (mäʿaza yaläw) — sweet-smelling
  • Arabic: رَيًّا (rayyan) — sweet-smelling
  • Arabic: عَبِق (ʕabiq) — sweet-smelling
  • Armenian: անուշաբույր (anušabuyr) — sweet-smelling
  • Central Bikol: mahamot — sweet-smelling
  • Bulgarian: ароматен (aromaten) — sweet-smelling
  • Bulgarian: благоуханен (blagouhanen) — sweet-smelling
  • Catalan: fragant — sweet-smelling
  • Cebuano: humot — sweet-smelling
  • Chinese Cantonese: 香 (hoeng1) — sweet-smelling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芬香 (fēnxiāng) — sweet-smelling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香 (xiāng) — sweet-smelling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芳香 (fāngxiāng) — sweet-smelling
  • Czech: voňavý — sweet-smelling
  • Danish: duftende — sweet-smelling
  • Danish: vellugtende — sweet-smelling
  • Esperanto: bonodora — sweet-smelling
  • Finnish: hyväntuoksuinen — sweet-smelling
  • Finnish: tuoksuva — sweet-smelling
  • French: odorant — sweet-smelling
  • French: aromatique — sweet-smelling
  • Galician: fragrante — sweet-smelling
  • Georgian: სურნელოვანი (surnelovani) — sweet-smelling
  • Georgian: კეთილსურნელოვანი (ḳetilsurnelovani) — sweet-smelling
  • Georgian: არომატული (aromaṭuli) — sweet-smelling
  • German: duftend — sweet-smelling
  • German: wohlriechend — sweet-smelling
  • Gorontalo: wonu — sweet-smelling
  • Greek: αρωματικός (aromatikós) — sweet-smelling
  • Greek: ευωδιαστός (evodiastós) — sweet-smelling
  • Ancient Greek: εὔοσμος (eúosmos) — sweet-smelling
  • Hawaiian: ʻala — sweet-smelling
  • Hawaiian: ʻaʻala — sweet-smelling
  • Higaonon: mahumut — sweet-smelling
  • Hindi: सौंधा (saundhā) — sweet-smelling
  • Hungarian: illatos — sweet-smelling
  • Ilocano: nabanglo — sweet-smelling
  • Indonesian: wangi — sweet-smelling
  • Indonesian: harum — sweet-smelling
  • Indonesian: semerbak — sweet-smelling
  • Irish: cumhra — sweet-smelling
  • Italian: fragrante — sweet-smelling
  • Japanese: 甘い香りのする (amai kaori no suru) — sweet-smelling
  • Japanese: 香り高い (kaoritakai) — sweet-smelling
  • Japanese: 香ばしい (kōbashii) — sweet-smelling
  • Japanese: 芳しい (kanbashii) — sweet-smelling
  • Javanese: wangi — sweet-smelling
  • Kapampangan: mabanglu — sweet-smelling
  • Kazakh: иісті (iıstı) — sweet-smelling
  • Khmer: សុរភី (so’ra’ phii) — sweet-smelling
  • Khmer: អប់ (ɑp) — sweet-smelling
  • Khmer: ពិដោរ (pi’dao) — sweet-smelling
  • Khmer: សុគន្ធ (so’kʊən) — sweet-smelling
  • Khmer: សោគន្ធិកៈ (saokoanthi’ka’) — sweet-smelling
  • Korean: 향기롭다 (hyanggiropda) — sweet-smelling
  • Latin: suāveolens — sweet-smelling
  • Latin: hālāns — sweet-smelling
  • Latvian: smaržīgs — sweet-smelling
  • Malay: wangi — sweet-smelling
  • Malay: harum — sweet-smelling
  • Malay: semerbak — sweet-smelling
  • Mongolian: анхилам (anxilam) — sweet-smelling
  • Norwegian: duftende — sweet-smelling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: velluktende — sweet-smelling
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: velluktande — sweet-smelling
  • Pashto: خوش بو (khūsh-bū) — sweet-smelling
  • Plautdietsch: scheenrikjent — sweet-smelling
  • Polish: pachnący — sweet-smelling
  • Polish: wonny — sweet-smelling
  • Portuguese: cheiroso — sweet-smelling
  • Romanian: fragrant — sweet-smelling
  • Russian: арома́тный (aromátnyj) — sweet-smelling
  • Russian: благоуха́ющий (blagouxájuščij) — sweet-smelling
  • Russian: души́стый (dušístyj) — sweet-smelling
  • Russian: благоуха́нный (blagouxánnyj) — sweet-smelling
  • Russian: благово́нный (blagovónnyj) — sweet-smelling
  • Scottish Gaelic: cùbhraidh — sweet-smelling
  • Spanish: fragante — sweet-smelling
  • Spanish: perfumado — sweet-smelling
  • Spanish: fragrante — sweet-smelling
  • Spanish: bienoliente — sweet-smelling
  • Sundanese: ᮓᮜᮤᮀᮓᮤᮀ (dalingding) — sweet-smelling
  • Tagalog: mabango — sweet-smelling
  • Thai: หอม (hɔ̌ɔm) — sweet-smelling
  • Turkish: kokulu — sweet-smelling
  • Turkish: ıtırlı — sweet-smelling
  • Turkish: rayihalı — sweet-smelling
  • Turkish: muattar — sweet-smelling
  • Ukrainian: ароматний (aromatnyj) — sweet-smelling
  • Ukrainian: запашний (zapašnyj) — sweet-smelling
  • Ukrainian: пахучий (paxučyj) — sweet-smelling
  • Vietnamese: thơm — sweet-smelling
  • Welsh: persawrus — sweet-smelling
  • Welsh: peraroglus — sweet-smelling
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