aromatic
/ˌæɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk//ˌɛɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/
aromatic adjective: fragrant or spicy.
Adjective
aromatic (comparative more aromatic, superlative most aromatic)
Noun
aromatic (plural aromatics)
- A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it, especially the vegetables that serve as the base flavors in a more complex dish.
- A plant grown for fragrant properties.
- It is laid out in sections covering aromatics, potherbs, oils, resins, pitch, [...] vinegar and wine.1978, Keith Vincent Smith, The Illustrated Earth Garden Herbal, Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia, page 19, column 2
- Any aromatic compound.
aromatic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
aromatic in Hindi
- fragrant or spicy
- खुशबूदार khuśbūdār, ख़ुशबूदार xuśbūdār
aromatic in Tamil
- நறுமணமுள்ள, மணப் பண்பு, நறுஞ்சுவை மணமருந்துப்பொருள், இன்சுவையான, மூடுதொடர்க்குழுச்சார்ந்த, நீர்க்கரியக் குழுவில் ஒன்றன் கலப்புடைய
aromatic in Marathi
- aromatic; appetizing; savory, especially when freshly cooked or tempered with spices, oil, or ghee
- खमंग khamaṅga
aromatic in Urdu
- خوشبودار, مہکتا ہوا
More languagesFewer languages
- aromatic in Malayalam
- തീക്ഷ്ണഗന്ധമുള്ള, നറുമണമുള്ള, പരിമളമുള്ള, വാസനയുള്ള
- aromatic in Tagalog
- sanghayain
- aromatic in Persian
- آروماتیک âromâtik
- aromatic in Vietnamese
- thơm
Examples of aromatic in a sentence
- Arogenic acid can also be used to form another aromatic amino acid, tyrosine.
- Shikimic acid is further transformed into aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan) through chorismic acid.
- Centennial is an aroma-type cultivar that is used for its aromatic properties and bittering potential .
Synonyms of aromatic
Antonyms
Forms of aromatic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more aromatic |
| superlative | most aromatic |
| alternative form | aromatick |
| alternative form | aromatique |
| Noun | |
| plural | aromatics |
Origin of aromatic
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”).
Words formed from aromatic
- 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
Phrases with aromatic
Words that rhyme with aromatic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- democratic
- hepatic
- lymphatic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about aromatic
- What does aromatic mean?
- Aromatic means fragrant or spicy.
- What is aromatic in Hindi?
- Aromatic in Hindi is खुशबूदार (khuśbūdār), ख़ुशबूदार (xuśbūdār). See Aromatic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aromatic?
- Aromatic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce aromatic?
- Aromatic is pronounced /ˌæɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near aromatic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aromatic (page history and authors); aromatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खमंग (Marathi) (page history and authors); aromatic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aromatic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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