jasmine
/ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/
jasmine noun: any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
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Noun
jasmine (countable and uncountable, plural jasmines)
Proper noun capitalized: Jasmine
Jasmine (countable and uncountable, plural Jasmines)
- A female given name from Persian.
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- A surname from Persian.
jasmine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
jasmine in Hindi
- plant of genus Jasminum
- चमेली camelī, जूही jūhī
jasmine in Tamil
- மல்லிகை
jasmine in Marathi
- चमेली, जास्मीन
jasmine in Urdu
- plant of genus Jasminum
- چنبیلی caṉbelī, چمبیلی cambelī, یاسمین f چمیلی yasmīn
More languagesFewer languages
- jasmine in Bengali
- ইয়াসমিন iẏaśomin
- jasmine in Telugu
- మల్లె malle
- jasmine in Malayalam
- മുല്ല mulla, മല്ലി malli
- jasmine in Kannada
- ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ mallige
- jasmine in Punjabi
- ਚੰਬੇਲੀ cambelī, ਚਮੇਲੀ camelī
- jasmine in Gujarati
- જાસ્મીન jāsmīn, ચંબેલી cambelī, જૂઈ jūī, યાસમીન yāsmīn
- jasmine in Odia
- ଜାସ୍ମିନ୍, ଜାସ୍ମିନ, ଜସ୍ମିନ
- jasmine in Sanskrit
- कुन्द kunda
- jasmine in Assamese
- নেৱালি newali
- jasmine in Nepali
- जस्मिन, जास्मिन, जसमिन
- jasmine in Pashto
- جیسمین
- jasmine in Tagalog
- sampaga, hasmin
- jasmine in Arabic
- يَاسَمِين yāsamīn
- jasmine in Indonesian
- melati
- jasmine in Persian
- یاسمن yâsaman
- jasmine in Thai
- มะลิ má-lí
- jasmine in Vietnamese
- lài, nhài
- jasmine in Myanmar
- စံပယ် campai
- Sindhi
- جوسمين josmẽ
Examples of jasmine in a sentence
- Jasmine put lube on her bike chain in preparation for the big race.
- The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents.
- We rambled around wet fields and bosky paths that smelled of jasmine.
Forms of jasmine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jasmines |
| alternative form (dated) | jessamine |
| alternative form (obsolete) | jasmin |
| alternative form (obsolete) | jassamine |
| alternative form (obsolete) | jessamin |
| alternative form (obsolete) | jessemin |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Jasmines |
| alternative form | Jasmin |
| alternative form | Jazmin |
| alternative form | Jazmine |
Origin of jasmine
Borrowed from French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn).
From French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from earlier یاسمن (yāsaman), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman).
Words formed from jasmine
- angel-wing jasmine
- Arabian jasmine
- bastard jasmine
- blue jasmine
- Brazilian jasmine
- bush jasmine
- Cape jasmine
- Carolina jasmine
- Catalan jasmine
- Catalonian jasmine
- cayenne jasmine
- Ceylon jasmine
- Chilean jasmine
- climbing jasmine
- common jasmine
- confederate jasmine
- crepe jasmine
- crape jasmine
- day jasmine
- double jasmine
- ground jasmine
- Italian jasmine
- Japanese star jasmine
- jasmined
- jasminelike
- jasmine rice
- jasmine tea
- jasminy
- jasmone
- jasmonic
- Madagascar jasmine
- night-blooming jasmine
- night-flowering jasmine
- night jasmine
- night-scented jasmine
- orange jasmine
- poet's jasmine
- primrose jasmine
- red jasmine
- rock jasmine
- royal jasmine
- sambac jasmine
- Spanish jasmine
- star jasmine
- tree jasmine
- true jasmine
- Tuscan jasmine
- West Indian jasmine
- white jasmine
- willow-leaved jasmine
- winter jasmine
- yellow jasmine
Phrases with jasmine
Questions about jasmine
- What does jasmine mean?
- Jasmine means any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
- What is jasmine in Hindi?
- Jasmine in Hindi is चमेली (camelī), जूही (jūhī). See Jasmine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is jasmine?
- Jasmine can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jasmine?
- Jasmine is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/.
- What is the plural of jasmine?
- The plural of jasmine is jasmines.
Words near jasmine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jasmine (page history and authors); Jasmine (page history and authors); jasmine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jasmine (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); മല്ലി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); jasmine (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); নেৱালি (Assamese) (page history and authors); jasmine (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model 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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