Standard Lemma guide

jasmine

name · noun · 7 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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  • /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/
  • /ˈd͡ʒæzmən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æzmɪn
  • rhymes with -æzmən
  • CMU ARPABET: JH AE1 Z M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: JH AE1 Z M IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from Persian.

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

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Persian.

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

noun

Meaning 3

Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.

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

4

noun

Meaning 4

The perfume obtained from these plants.

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

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any of several not closely related plants having a similar 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

6

noun

Meaning 6

A yellow colour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

Narrower terms: primrose jasmine, Jasminum mesnyi, winter jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum, common jasmine, true jasmine, jessamine, Jasminum officinale, Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac

History

Etymology

From French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from earlier یاسمن (yāsaman), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman).

Etymology tree Middle Persian yʾsmn' Classical Persian یَاسَمِین (yāsamīn)bor. Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)bor. French jasminbor. English jasmine Borrowed from French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn).

Across languages

Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn) — female given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賈絲明 /贾丝明 (Jiǎsīmíng) — female given name
  • Danish: Jasmin — female given name
  • Finnish: Jasmin — female given name
  • French: Jasmine — female given name
  • German: Jasmin — female given name
  • Hebrew: יַסְמִין (yasmín) — female given name
  • Hungarian: Jázmin — female given name
  • Italian: Gelsomina — female given name
  • Persian: یاسمین — female given name
  • Persian: یاسمن (yâsaman) — female given name
  • Polish: Jaśmina — female given name
  • Portuguese: Jasmim — female given name
  • Russian: Жасми́н (Žasmín) — female given name
  • Russian: Жасми́на (Žasmína) — female given name
  • Russian: Ясми́н (Jasmín) — female given name
  • Russian: Ясми́на (Jasmína) — female given name
  • Russian: Джа́змин (Džázmin) — female given name
  • Russian: Дже́змин (Džézmin) — female given name
  • Spanish: Jazmín — female given name
  • Swedish: Jasmine — female given name
  • Turkish: Yasemin — female given name
  • Urdu: یاسمین (yāsmīn) — female given name
  • Albanian: jasemin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Southern Altai: жасмин (žasmin) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Arabic: يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Armenian: հասմիկ (hasmik) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Azerbaijani: jasmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Bengali: ইয়াসমিন (iẏaśomin) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Burmese: စံပယ် (campai) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Catalan: gessamí — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Chinese: 茉莉花 (zh-min-nan) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Chinese: 茉莉 (ba̍k-nī) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茉莉花 (mòlìhuā) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茉莉 (mòlì) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Czech: jasmín — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Danish: jasmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Dutch: jasmijn — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Esperanto: jasmeno — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Finnish: jasmiini — plant of genus Jasminum
  • French: jasmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Galician: xasmín — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Georgian: ჟასმინი (žasmini) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • German: Jasmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • German: Jasminum — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Greek: γιασεμί (giasemí) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Ancient Greek: ἰάσμη (iásmē) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Gujarati: જાસ્મીન (jāsmīn) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Gujarati: ચંબેલી (cambelī) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Gujarati: જૂઈ (jūī) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Gujarati: યાસમીન (yāsmīn) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Hawaiian: pikake — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Hebrew: יַסְמִין (yasmín) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Hindi: चमेली (camelī) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Hindi: जूही (jūhī) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Hungarian: jázmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Hunsrik: Schasmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Indonesian: melati — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Italian: gelsomino — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Japanese: 茉莉 (matsuri) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Japanese: ジャスミン (jasumin) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Japanese: 茉莉花 (matsurika) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Kannada: ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ (mallige) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Kazakh: ақжұпар (aqjūpar) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Kazakh: жасаман (jasaman) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Kazakh: ақгүл (aqgül) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Khmer: ផ្កាម្លិះ (pkaa mlᵻh) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Korean: 재스민 (jaeseumin) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Korean: 말리 (malli) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Korean: 말리화 (mallihwa) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Māori: akakaikiore — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Māori: akakiore — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Māori: kaihua — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Māori: tōtorowene — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Māori: tamene — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Naga Pidgin: jasmin phul — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Pashto: جیسمین — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Persian: یاسمن (yâsaman) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Polish: jaśmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Polish: jaśminek — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Polish: dzielżamin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Portuguese: jasmim — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Punjabi: ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Punjabi: ਚਮੇਲੀ (camelī) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Punjabi: کلیاں (kleyāṉ) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Romanian: jasmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Romanian: iasomie — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Russian: жасми́н (žasmín) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Sanskrit: कुन्द (kunda) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Serbo-Croatian: јасмин — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Serbo-Croatian: jasmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Sindhi: جوسمين (josmẽ) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Spanish: jazmín — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Swahili: asumini — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Tagalog: sampaga — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Tagalog: hasmin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Tajik: ёсуман (yosuman) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Telugu: మల్లె (malle) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Thai: มะลิ (má-lí) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Tibetan: བ་སྤུའི་མེ་ཏིག (ba spu'i me tig) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Turkish: yasemin — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Ukrainian: жасми́н (žasmýn) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Urdu: چنبیلی (caṉbelī) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Urdu: چمبیلی (cambelī) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Urdu: یاسمین f چمیلی (yasmīn) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Uyghur: يەسىمەن (yesimen) — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Vietnamese: lài — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Vietnamese: nhài — plant of genus Jasminum
  • Danish: jasmin — perfume
  • Finnish: jasmiini — perfume
  • Greek: γιασεμί (giasemí) — perfume
  • Italian: gelsomino — perfume
  • Japanese: ジャスミン (jasumin) — perfume
  • Polish: jaśmin — perfume
  • Portuguese: jasmim — perfume
  • Romanian: jasmin — perfume
  • Romanian: iasomie — perfume
  • Polish: jaśmin — plant with similar perfume
  • Finnish: jasmiini — colour
  • Japanese: 薄黄色 (usukiiro) — colour
  • Polish: kolor jaśminowy — colour
  • Russian: жасминовый (žasminovyj) — colour
Real reading context

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