# aroma
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈɹəʊmə/
* (US) IPA: /əˈɹoʊmə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊmə

### Noun

aroma (plural aromas or aromata)
* A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
    I love the aroma of cinnamon.
** 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
### Anagrams

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

## Albanian
### Noun

aroma
* inflection of aromë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾo.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aˈɾo.ma]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

aroma f (plural aromes)
* aroma
* needle bush flower

##### Derived terms

* aromar
* aromateràpia
* aromer

##### Related terms

* aromàtic

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

aroma
* inflection of aromar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “aroma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “aroma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “aroma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “aroma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧ro‧ma

### Noun

aroma
* popinac (Vachellia farnesiana)

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* aroom

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arōma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌaːˈroː.maː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: aro‧ma

### Noun

aroma n (plural aroma's, diminutive aromaatje n)
* aroma
* food flavouring

#### Derived terms

* aromatisch

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: aroma

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From aromo +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [aˈroma]
* Rhymes: -oma
* Hyphenation: a‧ro‧ma

### Adjective

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

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒromɒ]
* Hyphenation: aro‧ma
* Rhymes: -mɒ

### Noun

aroma (plural aromák)
* aroma

#### Related terms

* aromás

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* aroma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: 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 2024).

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaroma]
* Hyphenation: aro‧ma

### Noun

aroma (plural aroma-aroma)
* aroma: smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one
* food flavouring
* (figurative) nature, characteristic

#### Derived terms

* beraroma
* searoma
* aroma kosmetik
* aroma susu

#### Related terms

* aromatik

### Further reading

* “aroma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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: /aˈrɔ.ma/
* Rhymes: -ɔma
* Hyphenation: a‧rò‧ma
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

aroma m (plural aromi)
* aroma, fragrance, smell
* flavour/flavor
* spice

#### Derived terms

* aromaterapia
* aromatico
* aromatizzare

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* amaro

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈroː.ma/, [äˈroːmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈro.ma/, [äˈrɔːmä]

### Noun

arōma n (genitive arōmatis); third declension
* spice, herb

#### Declension

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

#### Derived terms

* arōmāticus

#### 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)
* 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)
* 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: /aˈɾõ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈɾõ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈɾo.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈɾo.mɐ/
* Rhymes: -omɐ
* Hyphenation: a‧ro‧ma

### Noun

aroma m (plural aromas)
* aroma
    Synonyms: cheiro, odor, perfume
* flavour

#### Related terms

* aromático

## Romanian
### Verb

a aroma (third-person singular present aromează, past participle aromat) 1st conjugation
* Alternative form of aromi

#### Conjugation
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arǒːma/
* Hyphenation: a‧ro‧ma

### Noun

aróma f (Cyrillic spelling аро́ма)
* aroma

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* aroma
    Synonyms: esencia, fragancia, olor, perfume

##### Derived terms

* aroma de laguna
* aromar
* aromaterapia
* aromático
* aromoso

##### Related terms

* aromatizar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

aroma
* inflection of aromar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “aroma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

aroma n
* An 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: /ʔaˈɾoma/ [ʔɐˈɾoː.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -oma
* Syllabification: a‧ro‧ma

### Noun

aroma (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜋ)
* aroma
    Synonyms: amoy, bango, halimunmon, samyo, alimyon
* sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana)
    Synonym: romas
* unique or fine characteristic

#### Related terms

* aromatiko

### Further reading

* “aroma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018