Dictionary

fragrant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹæ.ɡɹənt/ (obsolete)
• /ˈfɹeɪ.ɡɹənt/ (UK, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
   • fragrant smell
   • fragrant flower
2. (UK, qualifier:sometimes ironic or patronising) Attractive.
   • party-political interventions made by the fragrant Ms Stella Rimington. 1995, Christopher Hitchens, Letter to the London Review of Books, Vol. 17 No. 4, 23 February 1995:
   • the fragrant Ms Lawson should rename her show 'Nigella Swallows' 2001, Kathryn Flett, Uneven Stephen, television review, The Guardian:

Forms

Antonyms

smelly · noisome · malodorous · fetid · pungent

Deriveds

fragrantly · fragrant bedstraw · fragrant solomon's seal · unfragrant · fragrant shield fern · fragrant wood fern · overfragrant · fragrant balm · fragrantness · fragrant orchid · fragrant meat · fragrant snowbell · infragrant · fragrant angelica · fragrant rosewood · nonfragrant · fragrant agrimony · fragrancy · fragrant azalea · fragrant magnolia · fragrant goldenrod · fragrant water lily · fragrant sumac · fragrant cliff fern · fragrant woodsia

Hypernyms

olfactible · pleasant

Hyponyms

perfumatory · scented · perfumelike · perfumed · musky · thuriferous · spicy · perfumey

Relateds

fragrance · aroma

Synonyms

fragrant · redolent · aromatic · sweet-smelling · balmy · aromatique · ambrosial

Translations (97)

grc εὔοσμος (sweet-smelling) · ceb humot (sweet-smelling) · uk запашний (sweet-smelling) · el αρωματικός (sweet-smelling) · sq aromatik (sweet-smelling) · ka კეთილსურნელოვანი (sweet-smelling) · la suāveolens (sweet-smelling) · bg благоуханен (sweet-smelling) · jv wangi (sweet-smelling) · uk ароматний (sweet-smelling) · nn velluktande (sweet-smelling) · hi सौंधा (sweet-smelling) · tr ıtırlı (sweet-smelling) · tr muattar (sweet-smelling) · ilo nabanglo (sweet-smelling) · ru благово́нный (sweet-smelling) · ga cumhra (sweet-smelling) · da vellugtende (sweet-smelling) · pl wonny (sweet-smelling) · la hālāns (sweet-smelling) · gor wonu (sweet-smelling) · id harum (sweet-smelling) · ru души́стый (sweet-smelling) · ja 甘い香りのする (sweet-smelling) · km សោគន្ធិកៈ (sweet-smelling) · es fragrante (sweet-smelling) · ms semerbak (sweet-smelling) · tl mabango (sweet-smelling) · cmn 芬香 (sweet-smelling) · fi tuoksuva (sweet-smelling) · km សុគន្ធ (sweet-smelling) · ko 향기롭다 (sweet-smelling) · ar عَبِق (sweet-smelling) · cy peraroglus (sweet-smelling) · tr kokulu (sweet-smelling) · vi thơm (sweet-smelling) · de duftend (sweet-smelling) · su ᮓᮜᮤᮀᮓᮤᮀ (sweet-smelling) · fr odorant (sweet-smelling) · es fragante (sweet-smelling) · bg ароматен (sweet-smelling) · cmn 香 (sweet-smelling) · am መዓዛ ያለው (sweet-smelling) · ar رَيًّا (sweet-smelling) · no duftende (sweet-smelling) · ja 香り高い (sweet-smelling) · cy persawrus (sweet-smelling) · hu illatos (sweet-smelling) · nb velluktende (sweet-smelling) · da duftende (sweet-smelling) · it fragrante (sweet-smelling) · lv smaržīgs (sweet-smelling) · ru благоуха́нный (sweet-smelling) · ru благоуха́ющий (sweet-smelling) · sq erëmirë (sweet-smelling) · ro fragrant (sweet-smelling) · kk иісті (sweet-smelling) · fi hyväntuoksuinen (sweet-smelling) · km ពិដោរ (sweet-smelling) · ka სურნელოვანი (sweet-smelling) · th หอม (sweet-smelling) · ps خوش بو (sweet-smelling) · ru арома́тный (sweet-smelling) · tr rayihalı (sweet-smelling) · sq mermë (sweet-smelling) · pt cheiroso (sweet-smelling) · gd cùbhraidh (sweet-smelling) · es perfumado (sweet-smelling) · de wohlriechend (sweet-smelling) · bcl mahamot (sweet-smelling) · el ευωδιαστός (sweet-smelling) · hy անուշաբույր (sweet-smelling) · pl pachnący (sweet-smelling) · pdt scheenrikjent (sweet-smelling) · ms wangi (sweet-smelling) · ka არომატული (sweet-smelling) · mba mahumut (sweet-smelling) · uk пахучий (sweet-smelling) · es bienoliente (sweet-smelling) · id wangi (sweet-smelling) · haw ʻaʻala (sweet-smelling) · mn анхилам (sweet-smelling) · eo bonodora (sweet-smelling) · ja 芳しい (sweet-smelling) · cs voňavý (sweet-smelling) · cmn 芳香 (sweet-smelling) · ja 香ばしい (sweet-smelling) · gl fragrante (sweet-smelling) · haw ʻala (sweet-smelling) · km អប់ (sweet-smelling) · ms harum (sweet-smelling) · fr aromatique (sweet-smelling) · ca fragant (sweet-smelling) · yue 香 (sweet-smelling) · km សុរភី (sweet-smelling) · id semerbak (sweet-smelling) · pam mabanglu (sweet-smelling)