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redolent

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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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd.ə.lənt/
  • US: /ˈɹɛd.ə.lənt/
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  • Australian: /ˈɹed.ə.lənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 D AH0 L AH0 N T 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
  • a campaign redolent of machine politics

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: evocative, remindful, reminiscent, resonant

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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
  • Spanish: redolente — suggestive or reminiscent