different between perfume vs labdanum

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.

English

Etymology

From Latin l?danum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (l?danon, “gum”), from ????? (l?don, “rockrose”), from a Semitic language; compare Akkadian ???????????? (ladinnu).

Noun

labdanum (usually uncountable, plural labdanums)

1. A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.

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