perfume

perfume

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːfjuːm/
  • (US) pûr'fyo͞om", IPA(key): /ˈpɝfjuːm/ or enPR: pər-fyoo͞m', IPA(key): /pɚˈfjuːm/
  • (General American):
  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈpɚfjuːm/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /pɚˈfjuːm/
  • Rhymes: (US, General American) -uːm

Noun

perfume (countable and uncountable, plural perfumes)

  1. A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor
  2. (cosmetics) A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.

Synonyms

  • (pleasant smell): aroma, fragrance, scent
  • (substance providing a pleasant smell): fragrance, parfum, scent

Derived terms

Related terms

  • parfumerie
  • parfumier

Translations

Verb

perfume (third-person singular simple present perfumes, present participle perfuming, simple past and past participle perfumed)

  1. (transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

Derived terms

  • perfumed
  • perfumer

Translations

References

  • “perfume”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũmi, (Portugal) -umɨ
  • Hyphenation: per‧fu‧me

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Occitan perfum.

Noun

perfume m (plural perfumes)

  1. perfume (pleasant smell)
    Synonyms: aroma, cheiro, fragrância
  2. (cosmetics) perfume (substance providing a pleasant smell)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

perfume

  1. inflection of perfumar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈfume/ [peɾˈfu.me]
  • Rhymes: -ume
  • Syllabification: per‧fu‧me

Etymology 1

Deverbal from perfumar.

Noun

perfume m (plural perfumes)

  1. perfume
    Synonyms: olor, aroma, fragancia
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

perfume

  1. inflection of perfumar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “perfume”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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