noun
fragrance
FRAYG-ruhns
noun
1
A pleasant smell.
"The fragrance of fresh bread filled the kitchen."
"She could smell the fragrance of jasmine from the garden."
2
A perfume or scented product.
"He gave her a bottle of her favorite fragrance for her birthday."
How to Use Fragrance
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA nice smell, or a perfume that produces one.
Common mistake
Don't confuse with "flagrant," which means obvious and shocking (a flagrant foul), not related to smell at all.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
a floral fragrance
wear a fragrance
the fragrance of
Word Forms
fragranced past tense, fragrances plural, fragrances singular
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Etymology
From French fragrance, from Latin frāgrantia — related to fragrant.