aroma

See also: Aroma and aromà

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma)bor.

Late Latin arōmatader.

English aroma

From Late Latin arōmata (“spices”) (or arōma (“spice”)), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈɹəʊ.mə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹoʊ.mə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊmə

Noun

aroma (plural aromas or aromata)

1. A smell; especially a pleasant, spicy or fragrant one.

   I love the aroma of cinnamon.

   • 2016 December 16, Peter Shadbolt, “What does a $22,000 cognac actually taste like?”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 June 2020:

     David Mason, Beverage and Bar Manager at St. Regis, describes the complex aromas and layered palate of the cognac thus: “It’s kind of autumn flavors. Really nutty, almondy – kind of fig, plum, dried fruits. But it finishes off really smoothly but with a little bit of tobacco leaf.”

   • 2023 April 22, Yvonne C. Lam, “Supermarket Anzac biscuit taste test: from ‘beautiful’ to ‘an intense workout’”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 3 August 2023:

     They were asked to assess them on their appearance (an even golden-brown); aroma (biscuity); mouthfeel (either pleasantly chewy or with a satisfying crunch); and flavour (balanced, perfumed with golden syrup and earthy with oats). […] Several tasters noted the “overly sweet” coconut aroma, carrying through to a “too sweet” flavour and “too chewy” mouthfeel.

   • 2024 May 1, Tom Ingall, “Hope springs eternal for better services”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 52:

     The smell of fresh asphalt hangs heavy in the air at Dore & Totley station. It's even powerful enough to overcome the usual delightful aromas emanating from the well-known curry house which occupies the original platform building.

Synonyms

• (a pleasant smell): fragrance, nosegay, scent
• See also Thesaurus:aroma

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “a pleasant smell”): odor/odour, pungency, reek, stench

Derived terms

• aromachology
• aromaed
• aromagram
• aroma lamp
• aromaless
• aromaphyte
• aromatherapeutic
• aromatherapist
• aromatherapy
• aromatic
• aromatical
• aromatize
• backaroma

Translations

a pleasant or fragrant smell

• Armenian: բույր (hy) (buyr)
• Bengali: সুগন্ধ (bn) (śugondho), খুশবু (bn) (khuśbu), মহক (bn) (mohok)
• Bulgarian: арома́т (bg) m (aromát), благоуха́ние (bg) n (blagouhánie)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 香氣 / 香气 (hoeng¹ hei³)

  Mandarin: 香氣 / 香气 (zh) (xiāngqì), 香味 (zh) (xiāngwèi)

• Danish: aroma (da), duft (da)
• Dutch: aroma (nl) n, geur (nl) m
• Esperanto: aromo (eo)
• Finnish: tuoksu (fi), aromi (fi)
• French: arôme (fr) m, parfum (fr) m
• Galician: aroma (gl) m
• Georgian: არომატი (aromaṭi)
• German: Aroma (de) n, Duft (de) m
• Greek: άρωμα (el) n (ároma)
• Hebrew: אָרוֹמָה (he) f (aróma)
• Hindi: परिमल (hi) m (parimal), सुगंध (hi) m (sugandh)
• Irish: dea-bholadh m
• Japanese: 香り (ja) (かおり, kaori), 香気 (ja) (こうき, kōki), 芳香 (ja) (ほうこう, hōkō), アロマ (ja) (aroma), 匂い (ja) (におい, nioi)
• Korean: 향기(香氣) (ko) (hyanggi), 좋은 냄새 (jo'eun naemsae)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Māori: kakara
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: сэнгэнэсэн үнэр (sengenesen üner)

• Occitan: aròma (oc) m
• Polish: aromat (pl) m
• Portuguese: aroma (pt) m
• Romanian: aromă (ro) f
• Russian: арома́т (ru) m (aromát), благоуха́ние (ru) n (blagouxánije)
• Spanish: aroma (es) f
• Swedish: arom (sv) c
• Tagalog: alimyon
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: དྲི་མ (dri ma)
• Tocharian B: were
• Turkish: rayiha (tr), ıtır (tr)
• Yiddish: אַראָמאַט m (aromat)

Anagrams

• O'Mara, Amaro, -orama, amaro, Orama, Amora, -o-rama

Albanian

Noun

aroma

1. inflection of aromë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈɾu.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əˈɾo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈɾo.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin arōma, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma).

Noun

aroma f (plural aromes)

1. aroma
2. needle bush flower

Derived terms

• aromar
• aromateràpia
• aromatitzar
• aromer

Related terms

• aromàtic

Etymology 2

Verb

aroma

1. inflection of aromar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “aroma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “aroma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “aroma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “aroma”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ro‧ma

Noun

aroma

1. popinac (Vachellia farnesiana)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• aroom

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arōma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaːˈroː.maː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aro‧ma

Noun

aroma n (plural aroma's, diminutive aromaatje n)

1. aroma
2. food flavouring

Derived terms

• aromatisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: aroma

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto aromo

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto aroma

From aromo + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈroma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: a‧ro‧ma

Adjective

aroma (accusative singular aroman, plural aromaj, accusative plural aromajn)

1. aromatic

Further reading

• “aroma”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin arōma (“spice, herb”), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “spice, herb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒromɒ]
• Rhymes: -mɒ
• Hyphenation: aro‧ma
• Syllabification: a‧ro‧ma

Noun

aroma (plural aromák)

1. aroma

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	aroma	aromák
accusative	aromát	aromákat
dative	aromának	aromáknak
instrumental	aromával	aromákkal
causal-final	aromáért	aromákért
translative	aromává	aromákká
terminative	aromáig	aromákig
essive-formal	aromaként	aromákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	aromában	aromákban
superessive	aromán	aromákon
adessive	arománál	aromáknál
illative	aromába	aromákba
sublative	aromára	aromákra
allative	aromához	aromákhoz
elative	aromából	aromákból
delative	aromáról	aromákról
ablative	aromától	aromáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	aromáé	aromáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	aromáéi	aromákéi

Possessive forms of aroma

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	aromám	aromáim
2nd person sing.	aromád	aromáid
3rd person sing.	aromája	aromái
1st person plural	arománk	aromáink
2nd person plural	aromátok	aromáitok
3rd person plural	aromájuk	aromáik

Related terms

• aromájú
• aromás

Compound words

• aromaanyag
• aromaolaj
• aromaterápia
• citromaroma
• rumaroma

Further reading

• aroma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• aroma in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch aroma, from Latin arōma, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaroma]
• Hyphenation: aro‧ma

Noun

aroma (plural aroma-aroma)

1. aroma: smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one
2. food flavouring
3. (figurative) nature, characteristic

Derived terms

• beraroma
• searoma

• aroma kosmetik
• aroma susu

Related terms

• aromatik

Further reading

• “aroma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From Latin arōma, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrɔ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: a‧rò‧ma

• Audio:

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Noun

aroma m (plural aromi)

1. aroma, fragrance, smell
2. flavour/flavor
3. spice

Derived terms

• aromaterapia
• aromatico
• aromatizzare

Further reading

• aroma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• amaro

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈroː.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈrɔː.ma]

Noun

arōma n (genitive arōmatis); third declension

1. spice, herb

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	arōma	arōmata
genitive	arōmatis	arōmatum
dative	arōmatī	arōmatibus
accusative	arōma	arōmata
ablative	arōmate	arōmatibus
vocative	arōma	arōmata

Derived terms

• arōmāticus

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: aroma
• → Danish: aroma
• → Dutch: aroma
• → English: aroma
• → Esperanto: aromo
• → Finnish: aromi
• French: arôme
• Galician: aroma
• → German: Aroma
• → Hebrew: אָרוֹמָה (aróma)
• Italian: aroma
• → Japanese: アロマ (aroma)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: aroma
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: aroma
• Portuguese: aroma
• Romanian: aromă
• Spanish: aroma
• → Swedish: arom

References

• “aroma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Noun

aroma m (definite singular aromaen, indefinite plural aromaer, definite plural aromaene)

1. aroma

Related terms

• aromatisk

References

• “aroma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Noun

aroma m (definite singular aromaen, indefinite plural aromaer or aromaar, definite plural aromaene or aromaane)

1. aroma

Related terms

• aromatisk

References

• “aroma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arōma, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾõ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾõ.mɐ/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /aˈɾo.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾo.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -omɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ro‧ma

Noun

aroma m (plural aromas)

1. aroma

   Synonyms: cheiro, odor, perfume

2. flavour

Related terms

• aromático

Further reading

• “aroma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aroma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Verb

a aroma (third-person singular present aromează, past participle aromat) 1st conjugation

1. alternative form of aromi

Conjugation

    conjugation of aroma (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a aroma
gerund			aromând
past participle			aromat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	aromez	aromezi	aromează	aromăm	aromați	aromează
	imperfect	aromam	aromai	aroma	aromam	aromați	aromau
	simple perfect	aromai	aromași	aromă	aromarăm	aromarăți	aromară
	pluperfect	aromasem	aromaseși	aromase	aromaserăm	aromaserăți	aromaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să aromez	să aromezi	să aromeze	să aromăm	să aromați	să aromeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		aromează			aromați
	negative		nu aroma			nu aromați

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arǒːma/
• Hyphenation: a‧ro‧ma

Noun

aróma f (Cyrillic spelling аро́ма)

1. aroma

Declension

Declension of aroma

	singular	plural
nominative	aroma	arome
genitive	arome	aroma
dative	aromi	aromama
accusative	aromu	arome
vocative	aromo	arome
locative	aromi	aromama
instrumental	aromom	aromama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾoma/ [aˈɾo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: a‧ro‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin arōma (“spices”), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Noun

aroma m (plural aromas)

1. aroma

   Synonyms: esencia, fragancia, olor, perfume

Derived terms

• aroma de laguna
• aromar
• aromaterapia
• aromático
• aromoso

Related terms

• aromatizar

Etymology 2

Verb

aroma

1. inflection of aromar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “aroma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

aroma

Noun

aroma n

1. A sweet and tart autumn apple cultivar, with crisp and yellowish flesh, whose skin ranges from green to yellow with red blush; a hybrid of Ingrid Marie and Filippa.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aroma, from Late Latin arōma (“spices”), from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɾoma/ [ʔɐˈɾoː.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: a‧ro‧ma

Noun

aroma (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜋ)

1. aroma

   Synonyms: amoy, bango, halimunmon, samyo, alimyon

2. sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana)

   Synonym: romas

3. unique or fine characteristic

Related terms

• aromatiko

Further reading

• “aroma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018