parfum

See also: Parfum, parfüm, and Parfüm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French parfum.

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
• → 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 perfumare, 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

• → German: Parfüm (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French parfum.

Noun

parfum n (plural parfumuri)

1. perfume

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