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parfum

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Parfum, parfüm, and Parfüm

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French parfum. Doublet of perfume.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (General American) /pɑɹˈfum/

Noun

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parfum (usually uncountable, plural parfums)

  1. (cosmetics) Fragrance; perfume.
    • 1926, The Magazine of The Women’s City Club of Detroit, page 42:
      Did you ever dream of a Beauty Shop De Luxe? A charming place of sweet parfums, crystal mirrors, flowered chintzes and soft pastel tints—a lovely salon of beauty, where fresh colors and smart furniture make beauty rites an occasion of pleasure and inspiration?
    • 1930, The New Yorker, volume 6, page 111:
      For Christmas, give a jewel-like flacon of this most exclusive and personal of parfums.
    • 1944 April, Jewelers’ Circular-Keystone, page 232:
      WANTED 10 top flight salesmen in different sections to introduce fine line of parfums made expressly to sell in jewelry stores, also lighters and other exclusive imports.
  2. (perfumery) A solvent containing around 15% to 40% aromatic compounds.

Usage notes

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  • Used in ingredient lists, etc.
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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French parfum, from parfumer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɑrˈfʏm/, (nonstandard, uncommon) /ˈpɑr.fʏm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: par‧fum
  • Rhymes: -ʏm

Noun

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parfum n (plural parfums, diminutive parfumpje n)

  1. a perfume, a luxury product providing a fragrant scent
    Synonyms: reukwerk, parfument
    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.
  2. a perfume, a pleasant scent
    De roos Friesia verspreidt een hemels parfum.
    The rose Friesia gives out a heavenly scent.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: parfuum
  • Caribbean Hindustani: pampaiyá
  • Indonesian: parfum

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French parfumer (to scent), borrowed from Old Occitan perfumar or another language around the Mediterranean coast, cf. Italian profumare, themselves from Latin per- (through, thoroughly) + fumāre (to smoke).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Dutch parfum, from Middle French parfum, from Latin per- (through, thoroughly) +‎ fumāre (to smoke).

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Noun

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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.
    Synonym: minyak wangi (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French parfum, from Latin perfumāre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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parfum n (plural parfumuri)

  1. perfume

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative parfum parfumul parfumuri parfumurile
genitive-dative parfum parfumului parfumuri parfumurilor
vocative parfumule parfumurilor

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Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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parfȗm m inan

  1. perfume (substance providing a pleasant smell)

Inflection

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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

Further reading

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  • parfum”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • parfum”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references