perfume
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#PERFUMECategory:English terms derived from Middle French#PERFUME parfum, perfum.[1] Doublet of parfumCategory:English doublets#PERFUME.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːfjuːm/Category:English 2-syllable words#PERFUMECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PERFUME
- (US) pûr'fyo͞om", IPA(key): /ˈpɝfjuːm/Category:English 2-syllable words#PERFUMECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PERFUME or enPR: pər-fyoo͞m', IPA(key): /pɚˈfjuːm/Category:English 2-syllable words#PERFUMECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PERFUME
- (General American):
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#PERFUMEAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: (US, General American) -uːmCategory:Rhymes:English/uːm#PERFUMECategory:Rhymes:English/uːm/2 syllables#PERFUME
Noun
perfume (countable and uncountable, plural perfumes)Category:English lemmas#PERFUMECategory:English nouns#PERFUMECategory:English uncountable nouns#PERFUMECategory:English countable nouns#PERFUMECategory:English countable nouns#PERFUMECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PERFUMECategory:Pages with entries#PERFUMECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PERFUME
- A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#PERFUME
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168:
- Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.Category:English terms with quotations#PERFUME
- (perfumeryCategory:en:Perfumery#PERFUME) A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
- Synonyms: fragrance, parfum, scent
- She bought a perfume at the airport.Category:English terms with usage examples#PERFUME
- 1987 October, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
- The market for prestige perfumes is pretty much restricted to what industry economists call “gotrocks ladies”—women in households with annual incomes over $40,000 and who are over forty but still young enough to have a sense of smell (Elizabeth Taylor, for instance).Category:English terms with quotations#PERFUME
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#PERFUME
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Translations
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Verb
perfume (third-person singular simple present perfumes, present participle perfuming, simple past and past participle perfumed)Category:English lemmas#PERFUMECategory:English verbs#PERFUMECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PERFUMECategory:Pages with entries#PERFUMECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PERFUME
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PERFUME) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
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Translations
References
- “perfume”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ↑ “perfume, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2005.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁˈfũ.mi/ [pehˈfũ.mi]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#PERFUME
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peɾˈfũ.mi/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#PERFUME
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʁˈfũ.mi/ [peχˈfũ.mi]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#PERFUME
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /peɻˈfũ.mi/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#PERFUME
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁˈfu.me/ [pehˈfu.me]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#PERFUME
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũmi, (Portugal) -umɨCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ũmi#PERFUMECategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ũmi/3 syllables#PERFUMECategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/umɨ#PERFUMECategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/umɨ/3 syllables#PERFUME
- Hyphenation: per‧fu‧me
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old OccitanCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Occitan#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Occitan#PERFUME perfum.[1]
Noun
perfume m (plural perfumes)Category:Portuguese lemmas#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese nouns#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese countable nouns#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#PERFUMECategory:Pages with entries#PERFUMECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PERFUME
- perfume (pleasant smell)
- Synonyms: aroma, cheiro, fragrância
- (cosmeticsCategory:pt:Cosmetics#PERFUME) perfume (substance providing a pleasant smell)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
perfumeCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese verb forms#PERFUMECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PERFUMECategory:Pages with entries#PERFUMECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PERFUME
- inflection of perfumar:
References
- ↑ “perfume”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
Further reading
- “perfume”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “perfume”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾˈfume/ [peɾˈfu.me]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#PERFUMECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#PERFUME
- Rhymes: -umeCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ume#PERFUMECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ume/3 syllables#PERFUME
- Syllabification: per‧fu‧me
Etymology 1
Deverbal from perfumarCategory:Spanish deverbals#PERFUME.
Noun
perfume m (plural perfumes)Category:Spanish lemmas#PERFUMECategory:Spanish nouns#PERFUMECategory:Spanish countable nouns#PERFUMECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PERFUMECategory:Spanish masculine nouns#PERFUMECategory:Pages with entries#PERFUMECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PERFUME
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Etymology 2
Verb
perfumeCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#PERFUMECategory:Spanish verb forms#PERFUMECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PERFUMECategory:Pages with entries#PERFUMECategory:Pages with 3 entries#PERFUME
- inflection of perfumar:
Further reading
- “perfume”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
