perfume

English

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Etymology

From Middle French parfum, from the obsolete Italian parfumare "to smoke through"

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɜːfjuːm/, X-SAMPA: /"p3:fju:m/
• (US) pûr'fyo͞om", IPA: /ˈpɝfjuːm/, X-SAMPA: /"p3`fju:m/ or enPR: pər-fyoo͞m', IPA: /pɚˈfjuːm/, X-SAMPA: /p@`"fju:m/

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Noun

perfume (plural perfumes)

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1. A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 5, The Younger Set^[1]:

     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 rose-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees ; … .

2. 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, scent

Derived terms

• perfumelike
• perfumey

Translations

pleasant smell

• Arabic: أريج (ar) ('ariij) m
• Armenian: անուշահոտություն (hy) (anušahotut'yun), բուրմունք (hy) (burmunk')
• Catalan: perfum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香味 (cmn) (xiāngwèi), 芬郁 (cmn) (fēnyù), 芳澤 (cmn), 芳泽 (cmn) (fāngzé), 芬香 (cmn) (fēnxiāng), 香氣 (cmn), 香气 (cmn) (xiāngqì)

• Czech: vůně (cs) f
• Dutch: parfum (nl) n
• Finnish: tuoksu (fi)
• French: parfum (fr) m, odeur (fr) f
• German: Duft (de) m, Geruch (de) m
• Greek: άρωμα (el) (ároma) n, ευωδιά (el) (evodiá) f
• Hindi: इत्र (hi) (itr), अतर (hi) (atar)
• Hungarian: illat (hu)

• Icelandic: ilmur (is) m
• Italian: profumo (it) m
• Japanese: 香り (ja), かおり (ja) (kaori)
• Korean: 향기 (ko) (hyanggi) (香氣 (ko))
• Latin: odor (la)
• Luxembourgish: Doft (lb) m, Geroch (lb) m
• Macedonian: арома (mk) (ároma) f
• Maori: kakara (mi)
• Norwegian: duft (no), aroma (no), godlukt (no)
• Old English: æþelstenċ (ang) m, wyrtbrǣþ (ang) m
• Portuguese: cheiro (pt) m, odor (pt) m
• Russian: благоухание (ru) (blagouxánije) n, аромат (ru) (aromát) m
• Spanish: aroma (es) m
• Vietnamese: mùi thơm (vi)

substance providing a pleasant smell

• Arabic: عطر (ar) (3iTr) m

  Egyptian Arabic: برفان (barfan) m, برفانات (barfanat) f pl

• Armenian: օծանելիք (hy) (òçanelik')
• Catalan: perfum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香水 (cmn) (xiāngshuǐ)

• Czech: parfém (cs) m, voňavka (cs) f
• Danish: perfume (da)
• Dutch: parfum (nl) n
• Esperanto: parfumo (eo)
• Finnish: hajuste (fi), hajuvesi (fi), parfyymi (fi)
• French: parfum (fr) m
• German: Parfüm (de) n, Duftstoff (de) m
• Greek: άρωμα (el) (ároma) n
• Hebrew: בושם (he) (bósem) m
• Hungarian: parfüm (hu), illatszer (hu)
• Icelandic: ilmvatn (is) n
• Italian: profumo (it) m

• Japanese: 香水 (ja) (こうすい, kōsui)
• Korean: 향수 (ko) (hyangsu) (香水 (ko))
• Latin: unguentum (la) n
• Luxembourgish: Parfum (lb) m
• Macedonian: парфем (mk) (parfém) m, мирис (mk) (míris) m
• Malay: minyak wangi (ms), minyak attar (ms)
• Norwegian: parfyme (no) m
• Old English: wyrtġemang (ang) n
• Polish: perfumy (pl) pl
• Portuguese: perfume (pt) m
• Russian: духи (ru) (duxí) m pl
• Slovak: vôňa (sk) f, voňavka (sk) f
• Slovene: parfum (sl) m
• Spanish: perfume (es) m
• Swedish: parfym (sv) c
• Tok Pisin: sanda
• Turkish: parfüm (tr)
• Vietnamese: nước thơm (vi), nước hoa (vi)

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• Bulgarian: благоухание n (1), парфюм m (1,2)
• Esperanto: parfumo
• Turkish: parfüm

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.

Translations

to apply perfume to

• Bulgarian: парфюмирам (bg) (parfjumiram)
• Czech: navonět (cs), naparfémovat (cs)
• Dutch: parfumeren (nl)
• French: parfumer (fr)
• German: parfümieren (de)
• Greek: αρωματίζω (el) (aromatízo)
• Hebrew: בישם (he) (bisém)
• Hungarian: illatosít (hu), beparfümöz (hu)
• Italian: profumare (it)

• Luxembourgish: parfüméieren (lb)
• Macedonian: намирисува (mk) (namirísuva), парфимира (mk) (parfimíra)
• Maori: whakakakara (mi)
• Polish: perfumować (pl)
• Portuguese: perfumar (pt)
• Russian: душить (ru) (dušít’), надушить (ru) (nadušít’)
• Slovene: parfumirati (sl)
• Spanish: perfumar (es)
• Vietnamese: xịt nước thơm (vào)

Related terms

• perfumed
• perfumery

References

• perfume in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /perˈfume/, X-SAMPA: /per"fume/

Noun

perfume m (plural perfumes)

1. perfume

Synonyms

• olor
• aroma
• fragancia

Related terms

• perfumar
• perfumería
• perfumero
• perfumista

Verb

perfume (infinitive perfumar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perfumar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perfumar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perfumar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of perfumar.