fragrance

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈfɹeɪɡɹən(t)s/
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/ˈfɹeɪɡɹən(t)s/ · /ˈfɹæ.ɡɹəns/

Definition of fragrance

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A pleasant smell or odour.
    “You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A pleasant smell or odour.
    “You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A perfume.
    “Today, sales of women's fragrances are double those of men's, and 80 percent of all men's after-shaves and colognes are in fact bought by women, as gifts.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To apply a fragrance to; to perfume.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French fragrance, from Middle French fragrance, from Old French fraglance, from Late Latin frāgrantia. See fragrant.

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