different between aromatic vs aromatize

English

Alternative forms

• aromatick (obsolete)
• aromatique (obsolete)

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Middle French and Old French aromatique, from Late Latin aromaticus, from Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æ.???mæt.?k/
• Rhymes: -æt?k

Adjective

aromatic (comparative more aromatic, superlative most aromatic)

1. Fragrant or spicy.
2. (organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
3. (organic chemistry) Derived from benzene.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with aromantic.

Antonyms

• (organic chemistry): aliphatic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

aromatic (plural aromatics)

1. A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
2. (organic chemistry) Any aromatic compound.

Translations

Anagrams

• macrotia

Romanian

Etymology

From French aromatique, from Latin aromaticus.

Adjective

aromatic m or n (feminine singular aromatic?, masculine plural aromatici, feminine and neuter plural aromatice)

1. aromatic

Declension

Related terms

• arom?

English

Alternative forms

• aromatise

Verb

aromatize (third-person singular simple present aromatizes, present participle aromatizing, simple past and past participle aromatized)

1. (transitive) To make aromatic, fragrant, or spicy.
2. (transitive, chemistry) To convert into an aromatic compound by means of a chemical reaction.

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

aromatize

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of aromatizar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of aromatizar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of aromatizar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of aromatizar