FRAGRANCE


Meaning of FRAGRANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfrā-grən(t)s ]

noun

Date: 1667

1.

a. : a sweet or delicate odor (as of fresh flowers, pine trees, or perfume)

b. : something (as a perfume) compounded to give off a sweet or pleasant odor

2. : the quality or state of having a sweet odor

Synonyms:

fragrance , perfume , scent , redolence mean a sweet or pleasant odor. fragrance suggests the odors of flowers or other growing things

the fragrance of pine

perfume may suggest a stronger or heavier odor

the perfume of lilacs

scent is very close to perfume but of wider application because more neutral in connotation

scent -free soaps

redolence implies a mixture of fragrant or pungent odors

the redolence of a forest after a rain

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.