Definitions for fragranceˈfreɪ grəns

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

* Syn: See perfume.

Origin of fragrance:

1660–70; < F < LL

Princeton's WordNet

  1. aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent(noun)

    a distinctive odor that is pleasant

  2. bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness(noun)

    a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. fragrance(noun)ˈfreɪ grəns

    a pleasant smell

    a rose's delicate fragrance

  2. fragranceˈfreɪ grəns

    a perfume

    ***a new fragrance from the fashion designer

Wiktionary

  1. fragrance(Noun)

    A pleasant smell or odour.

  2. Origin: fragrantia. See fragrance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fragrance(noun)

    alt. of Fragrancy


Translations for fragrance

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

fragrance(noun)

(a) sweet smell

all the fragrance(s) of the East.

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