perfume
See also: perfumé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French parfum, from the obsolete Italian parfumare (“to smoke through”). Doublet of parfum.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːfjuːm/
- (US) pûr'fyo͞om", IPA(key): /ˈpɝfjuːm/ or enPR: pər-fyoo͞m', IPA(key): /pɚˈfjuːm/
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- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈpɚfjuːm/
- (verb) IPA(key): /pɚˈfjuːm/
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Noun
perfume (countable and uncountable, plural perfumes)
- A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
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- A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
- 2014 March 7, Nicole Vulser, “Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 13, page 30:
- The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial, but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
pleasant smell
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substance providing a pleasant smell
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Verb
perfume (third-person singular simple present perfumes, present participle perfuming, simple past and past participle perfumed)
- (transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
Translations
to apply perfume to
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Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /perˈfume/
Related terms
- perfumar
- perfumería
- perfumero
- perfumista
Verb
perfume
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perfumar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perfumar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perfumar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of perfumar.
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