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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

aroma

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /aˈɾoma/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aroma/əˈroʊ.mə/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Disfruté del delicioso aroma de las flores."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A distinctive, typically pleasant smell or odor, especially one characteristic of a plant, food, or substance.

    "The rich aroma of freshly brewed coffee filled the entire kitchen."
  2. 2

    A quality or feeling that seems to surround and be emitted by a person, place, or thing.

    "The old library carried an aroma of history and quiet contemplation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'arōma' (spice, sweet herb), which traces back to the Greek 'arōma' (fragrance, spice). Its exact Proto-Indo-European roots remain obscure, but historical usage shifted from referring specifically to spices and seasonings in medieval times to denote any pleasant, distinctive smell or fragrance by the 17th century.

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