Meanings
jasmine1
plural jasmines · alternative dated jessamine · alternative obsolete jasmin · alternative obsolete jassamine · alternative obsolete jessamin · alternative obsolete jessemin
- countableuncountableThe perfume obtained from these plants.
- countableuncountableAny of several plants having a similar perfume, but mostly not in the same family.
Jasmine2
plural Jasmines · alternative Jasmin · alternative Jazmin · alternative Jazmine
- countableuncountableA female given name from Persian.
1 more example
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2025 March 28, Michael Williams, “Trump targets ‘improper ideology’ at the Smithsonian in latest effort to reshape the arts and history”, in CNN - countableuncountableA surname from Persian.
Origin
jasmine · noun
- Middle Persianyʾsmn'
- Classical Persianیَاسَمِین (yāsamīn)
- Arabicيَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)
- Frenchjasmin
- Englishjasmine
Borrowed from French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn).
More words from French, Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Jasmine · proper noun
- Middle Persianyʾsmn'
- Classical Persianیاسمین
- Arabicيَاسَمِين
- Frenchjasmin
- EnglishJasmine
From French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from earlier یاسمن (yāsaman), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman).
More words from French, Arabic, Classical Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἰάσμη
- ἰάσμη (iásmē)plant of genus Jasminum
Arabic يَاسَمِين, يَاسَمِين
- يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)plant of genus Jasminum
- يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)female given name
Bengali ইয়াসমিন
- ইয়াসমিন (iẏaśomin)plant of genus Jasminum
Catalan gessamí
- gessamíplant of genus Jasminum
Chinese Mandarin 茉莉花, 茉莉
- 茉莉花 (mòlìhuā)plant of genus Jasminum
- 茉莉 (mòlì)plant of genus Jasminum
- 賈絲明 /贾丝明 (Jiǎsīmíng)female given name
Czech jasmín
- jasmínplant of genus Jasminum
Danish jasmin, jasmin
- jasminplant of genus Jasminum
- jasminperfume
- Jasminfemale given name
Dutch jasmijn
- jasmijnplant of genus Jasminum
Esperanto jasmeno
- jasmenoplant of genus Jasminum
Finnish jasmiini, jasmiini
- jasmiiniplant of genus Jasminum
- jasmiiniperfume
- jasmiinicolour
- Jasminfemale given name
French jasmin, Jasmine
- jasminplant of genus Jasminum
- Jasminefemale given name
German Jasmin, Jasminum
- Jasminplant of genus Jasminum
- Jasminumplant of genus Jasminum
- Jasminfemale given name
Greek γιασεμί, γιασεμί
- γιασεμί (giasemí)plant of genus Jasminum
- γιασεμί (giasemí)perfume
Hawaiian pikake
- pikakeplant of genus Jasminum
Hebrew יַסְמִין, יַסְמִין
- יַסְמִין (yasmín)plant of genus Jasminum
- יַסְמִין (yasmín)female given name
Hindi चमेली, जूही
- चमेली (camelī)plant of genus Jasminum
- जूही (jūhī)plant of genus Jasminum
Hungarian jázmin, Jázmin
- jázminplant of genus Jasminum
- Jázminfemale given name
Indonesian melati
- melatiplant of genus Jasminum
Italian gelsomino, gelsomino
- gelsominoplant of genus Jasminum
- gelsominoperfume
- Gelsominafemale given name
Japanese 茉莉, ジャスミン
- 茉莉 (matsuri)plant of genus Jasminum
- ジャスミン (jasumin)plant of genus Jasminum
- 茉莉花 (matsurika)plant of genus Jasminum
- ジャスミン (jasumin)perfume
- 薄黄色 (usukiiro)colour
Korean 재스민, 말리
- 재스민 (jaeseumin)plant of genus Jasminum
- 말리 (malli)plant of genus Jasminum
- 말리화 (mallihwa)plant of genus Jasminum
Māori akakaikiore, akakiore
- akakaikioreplant of genus Jasminum
- akakioreplant of genus Jasminum
- kaihuaplant of genus Jasminum
- tōtoroweneplant of genus Jasminum
- tameneplant of genus Jasminum
Persian یاسمن, یاسمین
- یاسمن (yâsaman)plant of genus Jasminum
- یاسمینfemale given name
- یاسمن (yâsaman)female given name
Polish jaśmin, jaśminek
- jaśminplant of genus Jasminum
- jaśminekplant of genus Jasminum
- dzielżaminplant of genus Jasminum
- jaśminperfume
- jaśminplant with similar perfume
- kolor jaśminowycolour
- Jaśminafemale given name
Portuguese jasmim, jasmim
- jasmimplant of genus Jasminum
- jasmimperfume
- Jasmimfemale given name
Punjabi ਚੰਬੇਲੀ, ਚਮੇਲੀ
- ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī)plant of genus Jasminum
- ਚਮੇਲੀ (camelī)plant of genus Jasminum
Romanian jasmin, iasomie
- jasminplant of genus Jasminum
- iasomieplant of genus Jasminum
- jasminperfume
- iasomieperfume
Russian жасми́н, жасминовый
- жасми́н (žasmín)plant of genus Jasminum
- жасминовый (žasminovyj)colour
- Жасми́н (Žasmín)female given name
- Жасми́на (Žasmína)female given name
- Ясми́н (Jasmín)female given name
- Ясми́на (Jasmína)female given name
- Джа́змин (Džázmin)female given name
- Дже́змин (Džézmin)female given name
Spanish jazmín, Jazmín
- jazmínplant of genus Jasminum
- Jazmínfemale given name
Swahili asumini
- asuminiplant of genus Jasminum
Swedish Jasmine
- Jasminefemale given name
Tagalog sampaga, hasmin
- sampagaplant of genus Jasminum
- hasminplant of genus Jasminum
Thai มะลิ
- มะลิ (má-lí)plant of genus Jasminum
Turkish yasemin, Yasemin
- yaseminplant of genus Jasminum
- Yaseminfemale given name
Ukrainian жасми́н
- жасми́н (žasmýn)plant of genus Jasminum
Urdu چنبیلی, چمبیلی
- چنبیلی (caṉbelī)plant of genus Jasminum
- چمبیلی (cambelī)plant of genus Jasminum
- یاسمین f چمیلی (yasmīn)plant of genus Jasminum
- یاسمین (yāsmīn)female given name
Vietnamese lài, nhài
- làiplant of genus Jasminum
- nhàiplant of genus Jasminum
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with jasmine
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
jasmine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jasmine
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