aroma

See also: Aroma and aromà

English

Etymology

From Late Latin arōmata (“spices”), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹəʊmə/
• IPA^(key): /əˈɹoʊmə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊmə

Noun

aroma (plural aromas or aromata)

1. A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

   I love the aroma of cinnamon.

Synonyms

• (a pleasant smell): fragrance, nosegay, scent
• See also Thesaurus:aroma

Antonyms

• (a pleasant smell): odor/odour, pungency, reek, stench

Related terms

• aromatherapy
• aromatic
• aromatical
• aromatize
• backaroma

 

Translations

a pleasant smell

• Armenian: բույր (hy) (buyr)
• Bulgarian: арома́т (bg) m (aromát), благоуха́ние (bg) n (blagouhánie)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 香氣／香气 (hoeng¹ hei³), 香气 (hoeng¹ hei³)

  Mandarin: 香氣／香气 (zh) (xiāngqì), 香气 (zh) (xiāngqì)

• Danish: aroma (da), duft (da)
• Esperanto: aromo (eo)
• Finnish: tuoksu (fi), aromi (fi)
• French: arôme (fr) m, parfum (fr) m
• Galician: aroma (gl) m
• Georgian: არომატი (aromaṭi)
• German: Aroma (de) n, Duft (de) m
• Greek: άρωμα (el) n (ároma)
• Hebrew: אָרוֹמָה (he) f (aróma)
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• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 香り (ja) (かおり, kaori), 香気 (ja) (こうき, kōki), 芳香 (ja) (ほうこう, hōkō), アロマ (aroma), 匂い (ja) (におい, nioi)
• Korean: 향기 (ko) (hyanggi) (香氣 (ko)), 좋은 냄새 (jo'eun naemsae)
• Maori: kakara
• Polish: aromat (pl) m
• Portuguese: aroma (pt) m
• Russian: арома́т (ru) m (aromát), благоуха́ние (ru) n (blagouxánije)
• Spanish: aroma (es) f
• Swedish: arom (sv) c
• Tagalog: alimyon
• Tibetan: དྲི་མ (dri ma)
• Turkish: rayiha (tr)
• Yiddish: אַראָמאַט m (aromat)

Anagrams

• -o-rama, -orama, Amaro, amaro

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin arōma, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma).

Noun

aroma f (plural aromes)

1. aroma

Derived terms

• aromar

Related terms

• aromàtic

Etymology 2

Verb

aroma

Further reading

• “aroma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aroma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “aroma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aroma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arōma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaːˈroː.maː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aro‧ma

Noun

aroma n (plural aroma's, diminutive aromaatje n)

1. aroma
2. food flavouring

Derived terms

• aromatisch

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Esperanto

Etymology

From aromo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈroma/

Adjective

aroma (accusative singular aroman, plural aromaj, accusative plural aromajn)

1. aromatic

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin arōma (“spice, herb”), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “spice, herb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒromɒ]
• Hyphenation: aro‧ma

Noun

aroma (plural aromák)

1. aroma

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	aroma	aromák
accusative	aromát	aromákat
dative	aromának	aromáknak
instrumental	aromával	aromákkal
causal-final	aromáért	aromákért
translative	aromává	aromákká
terminative	aromáig	aromákig
essive-formal	aromaként	aromákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	aromában	aromákban
superessive	aromán	aromákon
adessive	arománál	aromáknál
illative	aromába	aromákba
sublative	aromára	aromákra
allative	aromához	aromákhoz
elative	aromából	aromákból
delative	aromáról	aromákról
ablative	aromától	aromáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	aromáé	aromáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	aromáéi	aromákéi

Possessive forms of aroma
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	aromám	aromáim
2nd person sing.	aromád	aromáid
3rd person sing.	aromája	aromái
1st person plural	arománk	aromáink
2nd person plural	aromátok	aromáitok
3rd person plural	aromájuk	aromáik

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• audio:

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Noun

aroma m (plural aromi)

1. aroma, fragrance, smell
2. flavour, flavor
3. spice

Derived terms

• aromaterapia
• aromatico
• aromatizzare

 

Anagrams

• amaro

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈroː.ma/, [äˈroːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈro.ma/, [äˈrɔːmä]

Noun

arōma n (genitive arōmatis); third declension

1. spice, herb

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arōma	arōmata
Genitive	arōmatis	arōmatum
Dative	arōmatī	arōmatibus
Accusative	arōma	arōmata
Ablative	arōmate	arōmatibus
Vocative	arōma	arōmata

Derived terms

• arōmaticus

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: aroma
• → Danish: aroma
• → Dutch: aroma
• → English: aroma
• → Esperanto: aromo
• → Finnish: aromi
• French: arôme
• Galician: aroma
• → German: Aroma
• → Hebrew: אָרוֹמָה (aróma)
• Italian: aroma
• → Japanese: アロマ (aroma)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: aroma
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: aroma
• Portuguese: aroma
• Spanish: aroma
• → Swedish: arom

References

• “aroma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

aroma m (definite singular aromaen, indefinite plural aromaer, definite plural aromaene)

1. aroma

Related terms

• aromatisk

References

• “aroma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

aroma m (definite singular aromaen, indefinite plural aromaer or aromaar, definite plural aromaene or aromaane)

1. aroma

Related terms

• aromatisk

References

• “aroma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aroma, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈɾo.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: a‧ro‧ma

Noun

aroma m (plural s)

1. aroma
2. flavour

Synonyms

• cheiro, odor, perfume

Related terms

• aromático

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arǒːma/
• Hyphenation: a‧ro‧ma

Noun

aróma f (Cyrillic spelling аро́ма)

1. aroma

Declension

Declension of aroma

	singular	plural
nominative	aroma	arome
genitive	arome	aroma
dative	aromi	aromama
accusative	aromu	arome
vocative	aromo	arome
locative	aromi	aromama
instrumental	aromom	aromama

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin arōma (“spices”), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾoma/ [aˈɾo.ma]

Noun

aroma m (plural aromas)

1. aroma

   Synonyms: esencia, fragancia, olor, perfume

Derived terms

• aromar
• aromaterapia
• aromático
• aromoso

 

Related terms

• aromatizar

Further reading

• “aroma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014