different between aromatic vs galbanum

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

Etymology

From Latin galbanum (“galbanum”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (khalbán?, “galbanum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ælb?n?m/

Noun

galbanum (countable and uncountable, plural galbanums)

1. A bitter, aromatic resin or gum, extracted from plants of the genus Ferula, that resembles assafoetida and has been used in incense and in aromatherapy
   • 1610, Douay–Rheims Bible, Exodus 30:34

     And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin galbanum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al.ba.n?m/

Noun

galbanum m (plural galbanums)

1. galbanum (resin from plants of the genus Ferula, used to make incense)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (khalbán?, “galbanum”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??al.ba.num/, [??ä??bän???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??al.ba.num/, [???lb?num]

Noun

galbanum n (genitive galban?); second declension

1. galbanum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• galbaneus

Descendants

References

• galbanum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• galbanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• galbanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette