different between parfait vs deodorant

English

Etymology

From French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of perfect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??(?)fe?/, /p??(?)?fe?/

Noun

parfait (plural parfaits)

1. A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
2. An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
3. (Britain) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.

Quotations

• 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 379

  Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.

Translations

Finnish

Alternative forms

• parfee

Etymology

Borrowed from French parfait (“perfect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?rfe?/, [?p?rfe??]
• Syllabification: par?fait

Noun

parfait

1. parfait

Declension

Synonyms

• jäädyke

French

Etymology

From Latin perfectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.f?/

Verb

parfait m (feminine singular parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)

1. past participle of parfaire

Adjective

parfait (feminine singular parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)

1. perfect (exactly right)

   Le déjeuner était parfait.

   The lunch was perfect.

Noun

parfait m (plural parfaits)

1. (grammar) perfect tense

Derived terms

• accord parfait
• nul n'est parfait
• parfaitement
• perfection
• plus-que-parfait

Further reading

• “parfait” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

parfait m (plural parfaits)

1. (Jersey, grammar) perfect tense

Old French

Adjective

parfait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parfaite)

1. perfect (faultless; without imperfection)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: parfit
  • English: parfit
• French: parfait
  • ? English: parfait
  • ? Finnish: parfait
• Norman: parfait

English

Alternative forms

• deodourant (rare)

Etymology

From Latin de- + odorans, present participle of odorare (“to smell”), from odor (“a smell”); see odor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di???d???nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /di?o?d???nt/

Noun

deodorant (plural deodorants)

1. Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
2. An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.

Related terms

• odor
• odorous

Translations

Adjective

deodorant (not comparable)

1. acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor

Translations

See also

• antiperspirant

References

• deodorant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deodorant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Czech

Noun

deodorant m

1. deodorant (odor-controlling cosmetic for the underarm)

Danish

Noun

deodorant c (singular definite deodoranten, plural indefinite deodoranter)

1. deodorant

Declension

Further reading

• “deodorant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• deodorans (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from English deodorant or French déodorant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.o?.do??r?nt/
• Hyphenation: de?odo?rant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

deodorant m or n (plural deodoranten)

1. deodorant

Derived terms

• deo
• deodorantbus

Indonesian

Noun

deodorant (first-person possessive deodorantku, second-person possessive deodorantmu, third-person possessive deodorantnya)

1. Alternative spelling of deodoran (“deodorant”)

Romanian

Etymology

From French déodorant

Noun

deodorant n (plural deodoran?i)

1. deodorant

Declension