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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French parfum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (General American) /p???fum/

Noun

parfum (uncountable)

1. (cosmetics) Fragrance; perfume

Usage notes

• Used in ingredient lists, etc.

Related terms

• perfume

Dutch

Alternative forms

• parfuum

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French parfum, from parfumer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?r?f?m/, (nonstandard, uncommon) /?p?r.f?m/
• Hyphenation: par?fum
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

parfum n (plural parfums, diminutive parfumpje n)

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

   Synonyms: reukwerk, parfument

2. A perfume, a pleasant scent.

Derived terms

• geparfumeerd
• parfumeren

Related terms

• parfumee
• parfumeerder
• parfumerie
• parfumeur

Descendants

• Afrikaans: parfuum
• ? Indonesian: parfum

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”) + fum?re (“to smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.fœ?/
• (with merger of un with in) IPA^(key): /pa?.f??/
• Rhymes: -œ?

Noun

parfum m (plural parfums)

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

Derived terms

• au parfum
• parfumer
• parfumeur
• parfumerie

Descendants

• ? Danish: parfume
• ? German: Parfüm (see there for further descendants)
• ? Romanian: parfum

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?parf?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

Further reading

• “parfum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

From French parfum.

Noun

parfum n (plural parfumuri)

1. perfume

See also

• miros

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parfú?m/

Noun

parf?m m inan

1. perfume (substance providing a pleasant smell)

Inflection

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French parfum. Doublet of parfum.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??fju?m/
• (US) pûr'fyo?om", IPA^(key): /?p?fju?m/ or enPR: p?r-fyoo?m', IPA^(key): /p??fju?m/
• (General American):

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?p?fju?m/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /p??fju?m/

Noun

perfume (countable and uncountable, plural perfumes)

1. A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor

   • 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.

2. A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.

Synonyms

• (pleasant smell): aroma, fragrance, scent
• (substance providing a pleasant smell): fragrance, scent

Derived terms

• acoustic perfume
• perfumelike
• perfumey

Translations

Verb

perfume (third-person singular simple present perfumes, present participle perfuming, simple past and past participle perfumed)

1. (transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

Translations

Related terms

• perfumed
• perfumery

References

• perfume in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Occitan perfum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: per?fu?me

Noun

perfume m (plural perfumes)

1. perfume (substance providing a pleasant smell)

Verb

perfume

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of perfumar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of perfumar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of perfumar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of perfumar

References

Spanish

Etymology

Nominal of perfumar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe??fume/, [pe??fu.me]

Noun

perfume m (plural perfumes)

1. perfume

   Synonyms: olor, aroma, fragancia

Related terms

• perfumar
• perfumería
• perfumero
• perfumista

Verb

perfume

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perfumar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perfumar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perfumar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of perfumar.