aromatic

See also: aromàtic

English

Alternative forms

• aromatick (obsolete)
• aromatique (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ.ɹəˈmæt.ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

aromatic (comparative more aromatic, superlative most aromatic)

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

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with aromantic.

Antonyms

• (organic chemistry): aliphatic

Derived terms

• aminoaromatic
• antiaromatic
• aromatical
• aromatically
• aromatic compound
• aromaticity
• aromaticness
• aromatic vegetable
• chloroaromatic
• diaromatic
• fluoroaromatic
• haloaromatic
• heteroaromatic
• homoaromatic
• hydroaromatic
• monoaromatic
• nitroaromatic
• non-aromatic
• nonaromatic
• perchloroheteroaromatic
• perfluoroheteroaromatic
• persilaaromatic
• polyaromatic
• pseudoaromatic
• semiaromatic
• unaromatic

 

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)

• Danish: aromatisk
• 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)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: aromatisch (de), würzig (de), duftend (de)
• Greek: αρωματικός (el) (aromatikós), ευωδιαστός (el) (evodiastós)

  Ancient: ἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)

• Hungarian: aromás (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: aromatico (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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), aromatic (ro)
• 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)

• Danish: aromatisk
• Finnish: aromaattinen (fi)
• French: aromatique (fr)
• Galician: aromático (gl)
• German: aromatisch (de)
• Italian: aromatico (it), benzenico (it)
• Japanese: 芳香族の (ほうこうぞくの, hōkōzoku no)
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• 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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

aromatic (plural aromatics)

1. A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
2. (organic chemistry) Any aromatic compound.

Translations

fragrant plant or spice added to flavour a dish

• Bulgarian: подправка (bg) (podpravka)
• Dutch: aromaat (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: aromaattinen yrtti
• Italian: pianta aromatica, gusti (it) m pl

Anagrams

• macrotia