fragrance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- frăʹ-grəns (obsolete)
- frāʹ-grən(t)s
- (US) audio
- /ˈfɹæ.ɡɹəns/ (obsolete)
- /ˈfɹeɪɡɹən(t)s/
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A pleasant smell or odour.
You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:
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(countable, uncountable) A perfume.
Today, sales of women's fragrances are double those of men's, and 80 percent of all men's after-shaves and colognes are in fact bought by women, as gifts.
1987 October, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fragrances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
microfragrance · fragranceless · fragrancy
Synonyms
Translations (127)
ar شَذًا (pleasant smell or odour) · pam banglu (pleasant smell or odour) · be во́дар (pleasant smell or odour) · ru арома́т (pleasant smell or odour) · tr koku (pleasant smell or odour) · nan-hbl 芳味 (pleasant smell or odour) · gl arume (pleasant smell or odour) · cmn 芬芳 (pleasant smell or odour) · fi tuoksu (pleasant smell or odour) · cmn 芬郁 (pleasant smell or odour) · bn মহক (pleasant smell or odour) · sh арома (pleasant smell or odour) · ka არომატი (pleasant smell or odour) · hy բուրմունք (pleasant smell or odour) · cmn 芳味 (pleasant smell or odour) · nl aroma (pleasant smell or odour) · et lõhn (pleasant smell or odour) · ang wyrtbrǣþ (pleasant smell or odour) · sl vonjava (pleasant smell or odour) · tr rayiha (pleasant smell or odour) · ms wangian (pleasant smell or odour) · hy անուշահոտություն (pleasant smell or odour) · bg арома́т (pleasant smell or odour) · sh aroma (pleasant smell or odour) · fa عطر (pleasant smell or odour) · lo ຄັນທະ (pleasant smell or odour) · vi hương vị (pleasant smell or odour) · pa ਖੁਸ਼ਬੂ (pleasant smell or odour) · el άρωμα (pleasant smell or odour) · es aroma (pleasant smell or odour) · be арама́т (pleasant smell or odour) · yue 香味 (pleasant smell or odour) · ar أَرِيج (pleasant smell or odour) · cmn 芳澤 /芳泽 (pleasant smell or odour) · hi महक (pleasant smell or odour) · no aroma (pleasant smell or odour) · lt kvepėjimas (pleasant smell or odour) · my ရနံ့ (pleasant smell or odour) · lzh-lit 馞 (pleasant smell or odour) · ja 香り (pleasant smell or odour) · mk а́рома (pleasant smell or odour) · cmn 芳氣 /芳气 (pleasant smell or odour) · yue 芬芳 (pleasant smell or odour) · sv doft (pleasant smell or odour) · et aroom (pleasant smell or odour) · tr nefha (pleasant smell or odour) · no duft (pleasant smell or odour) · my အမွှေး (pleasant smell or odour) · hi सुगंध (pleasant smell or odour) · th กลิ่นหอม (pleasant smell or odour) · gl cheirume (pleasant smell or odour) · ar عِطْر (pleasant smell or odour) · ta மணம் (pleasant smell or odour) · bg благоуха́ние (pleasant smell or odour) · it fragranza (pleasant smell or odour) · lv smarža (pleasant smell or odour) · ang æþelstenċ (pleasant smell or odour) · km គន្ធជាត (pleasant smell or odour) · gl fragrancia (pleasant smell or odour) · gl recendo (pleasant smell or odour) · sa गन्ध (pleasant smell or odour) · el ευωδιά (pleasant smell or odour) · ta நறுநாற்றம் (pleasant smell or odour) · es fragrancia (disused) (pleasant smell or odour) · hi ख़ुशबू (pleasant smell or odour) · he נִיחוֹחַ (pleasant smell or odour) · vi mùi thơm (pleasant smell or odour) · iba angit (pleasant smell or odour) · pa ਸੁਗੰਧ (pleasant smell or odour) · pt perfume (pleasant smell or odour) · bn খোশবু (pleasant smell or odour) · tr güzel koku (pleasant smell or odour) · es fragancia (pleasant smell or odour) · mi kakara (pleasant smell or odour) · yue 香氣 /香气 (pleasant smell or odour) · ca fragància (pleasant smell or odour) · fr parfum (pleasant smell or odour) · sv arom (pleasant smell or odour) · pt fragrância (pleasant smell or odour) · cmn 香氣 /香气 (pleasant smell or odour) · hi गंध (pleasant smell or odour) · ka სურნელება (pleasant smell or odour) · hi इत्र (pleasant smell or odour) · tr ıtır (pleasant smell or odour) · lv aromāts (pleasant smell or odour) · hu illat (pleasant smell or odour) · ca perfum (pleasant smell or odour) · sk vôňa (pleasant smell or odour) · pt cheiro (pleasant smell or odour) · hi परिमल (pleasant smell or odour) · ar عَبِير (pleasant smell or odour) · fr fragrance (pleasant smell or odour) · ja 香気 (pleasant smell or odour) · pl zapach (pleasant smell or odour) · sq aromë (pleasant smell or odour) · hi अतर (pleasant smell or odour) · lzh-lit 馥 (pleasant smell or odour) · sv vällukt (pleasant smell or odour) · mk ми́рис (pleasant smell or odour) · tl bango (pleasant smell or odour) · ilo banglo (pleasant smell or odour) · bg уха́ние (pleasant smell or odour) · no godlukt (pleasant smell or odour) · pl woń (pleasant smell or odour) · ta நறுமணம் (pleasant smell or odour) · cu благоѫханиѥ (pleasant smell or odour) · de Duft (pleasant smell or odour) · ko 향기 (pleasant smell or odour) · km គន្ធ (pleasant smell or odour) · lt aromatas (pleasant smell or odour) · cmn 香味 (pleasant smell or odour) · is ilmur (pleasant smell or odour) · uk арома́т (pleasant smell or odour) · hy բույր (pleasant smell or odour) · eo bonodoro (pleasant smell or odour) · tet morin (pleasant smell or odour) · lzh-lit 馨香 (pleasant smell or odour) · da duft (pleasant smell or odour) · cs vůně (pleasant smell or odour) · de Duftnote (pleasant smell or odour) · lzh-lit 馝 (pleasant smell or odour) · vi hương thơm (pleasant smell or odour) · cmn 芬香 (pleasant smell or odour) · ru благоуха́ние (pleasant smell or odour) · it profumo (pleasant smell or odour) · nan-hbl 芳氣 /芳气 (pleasant smell or odour) · be пах (pleasant smell or odour)