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fra·grance
(frā′grəns)n.
1.
a. The quality of having a pleasant odor: the fragrance of the ocean breeze.
b. A sweet or pleasant odor; a scent.
2. A substance, such as a perfume or cologne, designed to emit a pleasant odor.
Synonyms: fragrance, aroma, bouquet, perfume, redolence, scent
These nouns denote a pleasant or sweet odor: the fragrance of lilacs; the aroma of sizzling bacon; the bouquet of a fine wine; the perfume of roses; the redolence of fresh coffee; the scent of newly mown hay.
These nouns denote a pleasant or sweet odor: the fragrance of lilacs; the aroma of sizzling bacon; the bouquet of a fine wine; the perfume of roses; the redolence of fresh coffee; the scent of newly mown hay.
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fragrance
(ˈfreɪɡrəns) orfragrancy
n, pl -grances or -grancies
1. a pleasant or sweet odour; scent; perfume
2. the state of being fragrant
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fra•grance
(ˈfreɪ grəns)n.
1. the quality of being fragrant.
2. a sweet or pleasing scent.
3. something, as a perfume, having a sweet or pleasing scent.
[1660–70; < French < Late Latin]
syn: See perfume.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell, odor - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" incense - the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned; "incense filled the room" |
2. | fragrance - a pleasingly sweet olfactory property |
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fragrance
noun
1. scent, smell, perfume, bouquet, aroma, balm, sweet smell, sweet odour, redolence, fragrancy A shrubby plant with a strong fragrance.
scent smell, stink, whiff (Brit. slang), reek, pong (Brit. informal), miasma, effluvium, offensive smell, niff (Brit. slang)
scent smell, stink, whiff (Brit. slang), reek, pong (Brit. informal), miasma, effluvium, offensive smell, niff (Brit. slang)
2. perfume, scent, cologne, eau de toilette, eau de Cologne, toilet water, Cologne water The advertisement is for a male fragrance.
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fragrance
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Translations
أريج، عِطْر، رائِحَه ذكيَّه
vůně
aromaduft
tuoksu
kellemes illat
ilmur
dišava
hoş koku
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fragrance
n → Duft m, → Wohlgeruch m
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fragrant
(ˈfreigrənt) adjective having a sweet smell. fragrant flowers.
ˈfragrance noun (a) sweet smell. all the fragrance(s) of the East.
a fragrant (not flagrant) plant.
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