noun, feminine/fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃s/plural: fragrances
a fragrance, a pleasurable smell
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁g- Latin fragrō Latin fragrāns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantiabor. French fragrance Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantia, from fragrō, fragrāre. Related to flairer, which was inherited.