Meanings
comparative more fragrant · superlative most fragrant · alternative obsolete fragraunt
- UKsometimes ironic or patronisingAttractive.
the fragrant Ms Lawson should rename her show 'Nigella Swallows'
2001, Kathryn Flett, Uneven Stephen, television review, The Guardian1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepleasant-smelling
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfrāgrāns
- Englishfragrant
Borrowed from Latin frāgrāns, present active participle of frāgrō (“to smell”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek εὔοσμος
- εὔοσμος (eúosmos)sweet-smelling
Arabic رَيًّا, عَبِق
- رَيًّا (rayyan)sweet-smelling
- عَبِق (ʕabiq)sweet-smelling
Bulgarian ароматен, благоуханен
- ароматен (aromaten)sweet-smelling
- благоуханен (blagouhanen)sweet-smelling
Catalan fragant
- fragantsweet-smelling
Chinese Cantonese 香
- 香 (hoeng¹)sweet-smelling
Chinese Mandarin 芬香, 香
- 芬香 (fēnxiāng)sweet-smelling
- 香 (xiāng)sweet-smelling
- 芳香 (fāngxiāng)sweet-smelling
Czech voňavý
- voňavýsweet-smelling
Danish duftende, vellugtende
- duftendesweet-smelling
- vellugtendesweet-smelling
Esperanto bonodora
- bonodorasweet-smelling
Finnish hyväntuoksuinen, tuoksuva
- hyväntuoksuinensweet-smelling
- tuoksuvasweet-smelling
French odorant, aromatique
- odorantsweet-smelling
- aromatiquesweet-smelling
German duftend, wohlriechend
- duftendsweet-smelling
- wohlriechendsweet-smelling
Greek αρωματικός, ευωδιαστός
- αρωματικός (aromatikós)sweet-smelling
- ευωδιαστός (evodiastós)sweet-smelling
Hawaiian ʻala, ʻaʻala
- ʻalasweet-smelling
- ʻaʻalasweet-smelling
Hindi सौंधा
- सौंधा (saundhā)sweet-smelling
Hungarian illatos
- illatossweet-smelling
Indonesian wangi, harum
- wangisweet-smelling
- harumsweet-smelling
- semerbaksweet-smelling
Irish cumhra
- cumhrasweet-smelling
Italian fragrante
- fragrantesweet-smelling
Japanese 甘い香りのする, 香り高い
- 甘い香りのする (amai kaori no suru)sweet-smelling
- 香り高い (kaoritakai)sweet-smelling
- 香ばしい (kōbashii)sweet-smelling
- 芳しい (kanbashii)sweet-smelling
Korean 향기롭다
- 향기롭다 (hyanggiropda)sweet-smelling
Latin suāveolens, hālāns
- suāveolenssweet-smelling
- hālānssweet-smelling
Latvian smaržīgs
- smaržīgssweet-smelling
Malay wangi, harum
- wangisweet-smelling
- harumsweet-smelling
- semerbaksweet-smelling
Norwegian duftende
- duftendesweet-smelling
Norwegian Bokmål velluktende
- velluktendesweet-smelling
Polish pachnący, wonny
- pachnącysweet-smelling
- wonnysweet-smelling
Portuguese cheiroso
- cheirososweet-smelling
Romanian fragrant
- fragrantsweet-smelling
Russian арома́тный, благоуха́ющий
- арома́тный (aromátnyj)sweet-smelling
- благоуха́ющий (blagouxájuščij)sweet-smelling
- души́стый (dušístyj)sweet-smelling
- благоуха́нный (blagouxánnyj)sweet-smelling
- благово́нный (blagovónnyj)sweet-smelling
Scottish Gaelic cùbhraidh
- cùbhraidhsweet-smelling
Spanish fragante, perfumado
- fragantesweet-smelling
- perfumadosweet-smelling
- fragrantesweet-smelling
- bienolientesweet-smelling
Tagalog mabango
- mabangosweet-smelling
Thai หอม
- หอม (hɔ̌ɔm)sweet-smelling
Turkish kokulu, ıtırlı
- kokulusweet-smelling
- ıtırlısweet-smelling
- rayihalısweet-smelling
- muattarsweet-smelling
Ukrainian ароматний, запашний
- ароматний (aromatnyj)sweet-smelling
- запашний (zapašnyj)sweet-smelling
- пахучий (paxučyj)sweet-smelling
Vietnamese thơm
- thơmsweet-smelling
Welsh persawrus, peraroglus
- persawrussweet-smelling
- peraroglussweet-smelling
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fragrant
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