Definition
A fragrant plant from Southeast Asia, or the strong-smelling oil extracted from it, commonly used in perfumes, incense, and cosmetics.
Etymology
From Tamil 'patchai' meaning green, combined with the suffix -'uli.' The word traveled through Portuguese traders to English in the 17th century as the spice trade connected Europe to Asia.
Kelly Says
Patchouli was so valuable in perfume that it was once a status symbol in European high fashion, but later became associated with hippie counterculture in the 1960s-70s, showing how the same scent can mean completely different things in different times and social groups!
Translations
ARالعربية
بَاتشولي
ba-chu-li
BNবাংলা
প্যাচুলি
pa-chu-li
CACatalà
patchouli
pa-chu-li
CSČeština
patchouli
pa-chu-li
DADansk
patchouli
pa-chu-li
DEDeutsch
Patchouli
pa-chu-li
ELΕλληνικά
πάτσεουλι
pa-tseu-li
ESEspañol
pachuli
pa-chu-li
FISuomi
patchouli
pa-chu-li
FRFrançais
patchouli
pa-chu-li
HUMagyar
patchouli
pa-chu-li
IDBahasa Indonesia
patchouli
pa-chu-li
ITItaliano
patchouli
pa-chu-li
MSBahasa Melayu
patchouli
pa-chu-li
MYမြန်မာ
ပေါ့ချူလီ
pa-chu-li
NLNederlands
patchouli
pa-chu-li
NONorsk
patchouli
pa-chu-li
PLPolski
patchouli
pa-chu-li
PTPortuguês
patchouli
pa-chu-li
RORomână
patchouli
pa-chu-li
RUРусский
пачули
pa-chu-li
SVSvenska
patchouli
pa-chu-li
SWKiswahili
patchouli
pa-chu-li
TAதமிழ்
பச்சுளி
pa-chu-li
TEతెలుగు
పచ్చూలి
pa-chu-li
TRTürkçe
patchouli
pa-chu-li
UKУкраїнська
пачулі
pa-chu-li
VITiếng Việt
patchouli
pa-chu-li