redolence

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛd.ə.ləns/, /ˈɹɛd.əʊ.ləns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛd.ə.ləns/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹed.ə.ləns/

Noun

redolence (countable and uncountable, plural redolences)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being redolent.
   • 1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 173, column 2:

     The air was wine and seltzer, perfumed, as they absorbed it, with the delicate redolence of prairie flowers.

2. (countable) An evocative fragrance.

Translations

the quality of being redolent

• Bulgarian: благоухание (bg) n (blagouhanie), аромат (bg) m (aromat)
• Polish: aromat (pl) m, zapach (pl) m
• Russian: арома́т (ru) m (aromát), благоуха́ние (ru) n (blagouxánije)

an evocative fragrance

• Bulgarian: предизвикателен аромат m (predizvikatelen aromat)
• Polish: przywołujący zapach m
• Tagalog: halimunmon

Anagrams

• cedrelone, deceleron