parfum

See also: Parfum, parfüm, and Parfüm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French parfum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (General American) /pɑɹˈfum/

Noun

parfum (uncountable)

1. (cosmetics) Fragrance; perfume

Usage notes

• Used in ingredient lists, etc.

Related terms

• perfume

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• parfuum

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French parfum, from parfumer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑrˈfʏm/, (nonstandard, uncommon) /ˈpɑr.fʏm/

• parfum:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: par‧fum
• Rhymes: -ʏm

Noun

parfum n (plural parfums, diminutive parfumpje n)

1. A perfume, a luxury product providing a fragrant scent.

   Essence van rozen en diverse andere bloemen is zeer gegeerd voor natuurlijke parfums.

   Essence of roses and various others flowers is in high demand for natural perfumes.

   Synonyms: reukwerk, parfument

2. A perfume, a pleasant scent.

   De roos Friesia verspreidt een hemels parfum.

   The rose Friesia gives out a heavenly scent.

Derived terms

• geparfumeerd
• parfumeren

Related terms

• parfumee
• parfumeerder
• parfumerie
• parfumeur

Descendants

• Afrikaans: parfuum
• → Caribbean Hindustani: pampaiyá
• → Indonesian: parfum

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French

Etymology

From Middle French parfumer (“to scent”), borrowed from Old Occitan perfumar or another language around the Mediterranean coast, cf. Italian profumare, themselves from Latin per- (“through, thoroughly”) + fumāre (“to smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.fœ̃/
• (with merger of un with in) IPA^(key): /paʁ.fɛ̃/

• audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -œ̃

Noun

parfum m (plural parfums)

1. perfume (scented toiletry)
2. scent, desirable smell
3. flavour, aroma, taste (e.g., of ice cream)

   Le parfum des framboises est rarement naturel.

   Raspberry flavor is rarely natural

Derived terms

• au parfum
• parfumer
• parfumeur
• parfumerie

Descendants

• → Danish: parfume
• → Dutch: parfum
• → German: Parfüm (see there for further descendants)
• → Romanian: parfum
• → Turkish: parfüm

Further reading

• “parfum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch parfum, from Middle French parfum, from Latin per- (“through, thoroughly”) +‎ fumāre (“to smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈparfʊm]
• Rhymes: -fʊm, -ʊm, -m
• Hyphenation: par‧fum

Noun

parfum (first-person possessive parfumku, second-person possessive parfummu, third-person possessive parfumnya)

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

Derived terms

• berparfum

 

Further reading

• “parfum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French parfum, from Latin perfumāre.

Noun

parfum n (plural parfumuri)

1. perfume

Declension

Declension of parfum

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) parfum	parfumul	(niște) parfumuri	parfumurile
genitive/dative	(unui) parfum	parfumului	(unor) parfumuri	parfumurilor
vocative	parfumule		parfumurilor

See also

• miros

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parfúːm/

Noun

parfȗm m inan

1. perfume (substance providing a pleasant smell)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	parfúm
gen. sing.	parfúma
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	parfúm	parfúma	parfúmi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	parfúma	parfúmov	parfúmov
dative (dajȃlnik)	parfúmu	parfúmoma	parfúmom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	parfúm	parfúma	parfúme
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	parfúmu	parfúmih	parfúmih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	parfúmom	parfúmoma	parfúmi