adj · 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.
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹɛd.ə.lənt/
US:/ˈɹɛd.ə.lənt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aromatic, fragrant
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having the smell of the article in question.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reeking, smelling
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Suggestive or reminiscent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having a strong pleasant odor- Jean Stafford
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the pine woods were more redolent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aromatic
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
serving to bring to mind- Wilder Hobson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note
From Middle English redolent (first attested in 1400), from Old French redolent, from Latin redolentem, present participle of redoleō (“to emit a scent”), from red- + oleō (“to smell”).
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
ароматен
(aromaten)
— fragrant or aromatic
Bulgarian:
благоуханен
(blagouhanen)
— fragrant or aromatic
Czech:
provoněný
— fragrant or aromatic
Czech:
vonící
— fragrant or aromatic
Dutch:
geurig
— fragrant or aromatic
Dutch:
welriekend
— fragrant or aromatic
Finnish:
tuoksuva
— fragrant or aromatic
French:
parfumé
— fragrant or aromatic
German:
duftend (nach)
— fragrant or aromatic
Hungarian:
illatos
— fragrant or aromatic
Hungarian:
szagos
— fragrant or aromatic
Italian:
profumato
— fragrant or aromatic
Mongolian:
анхилам
(anxilam)
— fragrant or aromatic
Persian:
خوشبو
(xošbu)
— fragrant or aromatic
Polish:
pachnący
— fragrant or aromatic
Serbo-Croatian:
mirisan
— fragrant or aromatic
Spanish:
aromático
— fragrant or aromatic
Turkish:
kokulu
— fragrant or aromatic
Turkish:
ıtırlı
— fragrant or aromatic
Turkish:
rayihalı
— fragrant or aromatic
Turkish:
muattar
— fragrant or aromatic
Bulgarian:
миризлив
(mirizliv)
— having a smell
Czech:
vonící
— having a smell
Dutch:
riekend
— having a smell
Finnish:
tuoksuva
— having a smell
Finnish:
tuoksahtava
— having a smell
German:
riechend (nach)
— having a smell
German:
den Geruch habend
— having a smell
Hungarian:
illatú
— having a smell
Hungarian:
szagú
— having a smell
Polish:
pachnący
— having a smell
Serbo-Croatian:
mirisan
— having a smell
Turkish:
kokulu
— having a smell
Bulgarian:
напомнящ
(napomnjašt)
— suggestive or reminiscent
Bulgarian:
навяващ спомени
(navjavašt spomeni)
— suggestive or reminiscent
Chinese Cantonese:
令人諗起......嘅 /令人谂起......嘅
(ling6 jan4 nam2 hei2 ... ge3)
— suggestive or reminiscent
Czech:
evokující
— suggestive or reminiscent
Czech:
připomínající
— suggestive or reminiscent
Czech:
zavánějící
— suggestive or reminiscent
Czech:
prodchnutý
— suggestive or reminiscent
Dutch:
doen denken aan
— suggestive or reminiscent
Finnish:
muistuttava
— suggestive or reminiscent
German:
erinnernd
— suggestive or reminiscent
Hungarian:
emlékeztető
— suggestive or reminiscent
Polish:
przywołujący
— suggestive or reminiscent
Serbo-Croatian:
koji miriše na
— suggestive or reminiscent