jasmine

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jasmine¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/
  • /ˈd͡ʒæzmən/

Rhymes with -æzmɪn, -æzmən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn).

noun jasmines · jessamine · jasmin · jassamine · jessamin · jessemin

  1. countable, uncountable Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
  2. countable, uncountable The perfume obtained from these plants.
  3. countable, uncountable Any of several plants having a similar perfume, but mostly not in the same family.
  4. countable, uncountable A yellow colour.

Jasmine²

Where it comes from

From French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from earlier یاسمن (yāsaman), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman).

proper noun Jasmines · Jasmin · Jazmin · Jazmine

  1. countable, uncountable A female given name from Persian. Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas spoke out against the order on Thursday, saying in an X post, “First Trump removes any reference of diversity from the present — now he’s trying to remove it from our history. Let me be PERFECTLY clear— you cannot erase our past and you cannot stop us from f
  2. countable, uncountable A surname from Persian.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jasmin, blooming, jazmin, jazmine, jasmina, jessamine, yasmine, jamila, jazz, jasiah, jasper, jade, jamesina, yasmina, yasmin, samira

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noun plant of genus Jasminum

Españoljazmín
한국어재스민 jaeseumin, 말리 malli, 말리화 mallihwa
日本語茉莉 matsuri, ジャスミン jasumin, 茉莉花 matsurika
中文茉莉花 mòlìhuā, 茉莉 mòlì
हिन्दीचमेली camelī, जूही jūhī
Kiswahiliasumini
Portuguêsjasmim
Françaisjasmin
DeutschJasmin, Jasminum
Italianogelsomino
Ελληνικάγιασεμί giasemí
Românăjasmin, iasomie
Русскийжасми́н žasmín
Tiếng Việtlài, nhài
العربيةيَاسَمِين yāsamīn
עבריתיַסְמִין yasmín

noun perfume

日本語ジャスミン jasumin
Portuguêsjasmim
Italianogelsomino
Ελληνικάγιασεμί giasemí
Românăjasmin, iasomie

noun colour

日本語薄黄色 usukiiro
Русскийжасминовый žasminovyj

name female given name

EspañolJazmín
中文賈絲明 /贾丝明 Jiǎsīmíng
PortuguêsJasmim
FrançaisJasmine
DeutschJasmin
ItalianoGelsomina
РусскийЖасми́н Žasmín, Жасми́на Žasmína, Ясми́н Jasmín, Ясми́на Jasmína, Джа́змин Džázmin, Дже́змин Džézmin
العربيةيَاسَمِين yāsamīn
עבריתיַסְמִין yasmín

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@misc{jasmine_2026,
  title = {jasmine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jasmine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}