aromatic

English

Alternative forms

aromatick (obsolete)
aromatique (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French aromatique, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /æ.ɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

aromatic (comparative more aromatic, superlative most aromatic)

Fragrant or spicy.
(organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
(organic chemistry) Derived from benzene.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with aromantic.

Antonyms

(organic chemistry): aliphatic

Translations

fragrant or spicy

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: арома́тен (bg) (aromáten), благоуха́нен (bg) (blagouhánen)
Catalan: aromàtic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 芳香的 (fāngxiāng), 芬芳的 (fēnfāng), 芬香的 (fēnxiāng)
Dutch: aromatisch (nl), geurig (nl), kruidig (nl)
Esperanto: aroma (eo), aromata
Finnish: aromikas (spicy), aromaattinen (fi) (fragrant)
French: aromatique (fr), odorant (fr)
Galician: aromático (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: aromatisch (de), würzig (de), duftend (de)
Greek: αρωματικός (el) m (aromatikós), ευωδιαστός (el) m (evodiastós)
Hungarian: aromás (hu)
Italian: aromatico (it) m

Japanese: 香りのよい (かおりのよい, kaori no yoi), 香ばしい (こうばしい, kōbashii), 芳しい (かんばしい, kanbashii)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Maori: kakara, whakakakara
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: aromatisk (no)

Nynorsk: aromatisk
Portuguese: aromático (pt), fragrante (pt)
Romanian: aromat (ro) m, aromatic (ro) m
Russian: арома́тный (ru) (aromátnyj), благоуха́нный (ru) (blagouxánnyj), благово́нный (ru) (blagovónnyj), души́стый (ru) (dušístyj)
Serbo-Croatian: mirišljav (sh), aromatičan (sh), mirisan (sh)
Spanish: aromático (es)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: אַראָמאַטיש‎ (aromatish)

in organic chemistry

Bulgarian: ароматен (bg) (aromaten)
Catalan: aromàtic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 芳香族的 (fāngxiāngzú)
Finnish: aromaattinen (fi)
French: aromatique (fr)
Galician: aromático (gl) m
German: aromatisch (de)
Italian: aromatico (it), benzenico (it) m
Japanese: 芳香族の (ほうこうぞくの, hōkōzoku no)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: aromatisk (no)

Nynorsk: aromatisk
Persian: آروماتیک‎ (âromâtik)
Portuguese: aromático (pt)
Romanian: aromatic (ro)
Russian: аромати́ческий (ru) (aromatíčeskij)
Spanish: aromático (es)
Tagalog: sanghayain
Turkish: aromatik (tr)

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Translations to be checked

Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} سُرَهو‎, ^{(please verify)} خوشبودار‎

Noun

aromatic (plural aromatics)

A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

Translations

fragrant plant or spice added to flavour a dish

Bulgarian: подправка (bg) (podpravka)
Dutch: aromaat (nl)

Finnish: aromaattinen yrtti
Italian: pianta aromatica, gusti (it) m pl

Anagrams

macrotia

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