perfume
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French parfum, from the obsolete Italian parfumare "to smoke through"
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈpɜːfjuːm/, /"p3:fju:m/
- (US) pûr'fyo͞om", IPA: /ˈpɝfjuːm/, /"p3`fju:m/ or pər-fyoo͞m', /pɚˈfjuːm/, /p@`"fju:m/
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[edit] Noun
Wikipedia perfume (plural perfumes)
- A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.
- A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
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pleasant smell
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substance providing a pleasant smell
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[edit] 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.
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to apply perfume to
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- perfume in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Spanish
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[edit] Noun
perfume m. (plural perfumes)
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perfume (infinitive perfumar)
- 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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- es:Smell