aromatic

See also: aromàtic

English

Alternative forms

• aromatick (obsolete)
• aromatique (obsolete)

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Middle French and Old French aromatique, from Late Latin aromaticus, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɛɹ.əˈmæɾ.ɪk]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌæɹ.əˈmæɾ.ɪk]
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ərɵˈmatɪk/
• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

aromatic (comparative more aromatic, superlative most aromatic)

1. Fragrant or spicy.

   aromatic herbs

   aromatic taste

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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

• (antonym(s) of “organic chemistry”): aliphatic

Derived terms

• aminoaromatic
• antiaromatic
• aramid
• arene
• aromatical
• aromatically
• aromatic compound
• aromatic duck
• aromatic ginger
• aromaticity
• aromaticness
• aromatic rice
• aromatic vegetable
• aryl
• chloroaromatic
• diaromatic
• fluoroaromatic
• haloaromatic
• heteroaromatic
• homoaromatic
• hydroaromatic
• monoaromatic
• nitroaromatic
• nonaromatic
• non-aromatic
• perchloroheteroaromatic
• perfluoroheteroaromatic
• persilaaromatic
• polyaromatic
• polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
• pseudoaromatic
• semiaromatic
• triaromatic
• 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 de), 芬芳的 (fēnfāng de) Danish: aromatisk Dutch: aromatisch (nl), geurig (nl), kruidig (nl) Esperanto: aroma (eo), aromata Finnish: aromikas (fi) (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) Hindi: खुशबूदार (hi) (khuśbūdār), ख़ुशबूदार (xuśbūdār) Hungarian: aromás (hu) Italian: aromatico (it) m Japanese: 香りのよい (かおりのよい, kaori no yoi), 香ばしい (ja) (こうばしい, kōbashii), 芳しい (ja) (かんばしい, kanbashii) Kalmyk: канкнсн (kanknsn) Kapampangan: mabanglu Kazakh: хош иісті (xoş iıstı) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Latin: suāveolēns, fragrāns, hālāns Maori: kakara, whakakakara Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: aromatisk (no) Nynorsk: aromatisk Polish: aromatyczny (pl), o intensywnym zapachu 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) Swedish: aromatisk (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: thơm (vi) Welsh: peraroglus, aromatig Yiddish: אַראָמאַטיש (aromatish)

in organic chemistry

Bulgarian: ароматен (bg) (aromaten) Catalan: aromàtic Chinese: Mandarin: 芳香族的 (fāngxiāngzú de) 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) Kazakh: хош иісті (xoş iıstı) Norwegian: Bokmål: aromatisk (no) Nynorsk: aromatisk Persian: آروماتیک (fa) (âromâtik) Polish: aromatyczny (pl) Portuguese: aromático (pt) Romanian: aromatic (ro) Russian: аромати́ческий (ru) (aromatíčeskij) Spanish: aromático (es) Swedish: aromatisk (sv) Tagalog: sanghayain Turkish: aromatik (tr) Welsh: aromatig

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Sindhi: (please verify) سُرَهو (suraho), (please verify) خوشبودار (xośbodār)

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) Finnish: aromaattinen yrtti French: aromate (fr) m Italian: pianta aromatica, gusti (it) m pl

Anagrams

• macrotia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aromatique, from Latin aromaticus. Equivalent to aromă +‎ -atic.

Adjective

aromatic m or n (feminine singular aromatică, masculine plural aromatici, feminine/neuter plural aromatice)

1. aromatic

Declension

Declension of aromatic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	aromatic		aromatică		aromatici	aromatice
	definite	aromaticul		aromatica		aromaticii	aromaticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	aromatic		aromatice		aromatici	aromatice
	definite	aromaticului		aromaticei		aromaticilor	aromaticelor