perfume
UK/ˈpɜːfjuːm//ˈpɝfjuːm/
perfume noun: a pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
Noun
perfume (countable and uncountable, plural perfumes)
- 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...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, 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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168
- A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
- She bought a perfume at the airport.
- 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).1987 October, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN
Verb
perfume (third-person singular simple present perfumes, present participle perfuming, simple past and past participle perfumed)
- To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
perfume meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
perfume in Hindi
- pleasant smell
- परिमल parimal, इत्र itra, अतर atar, महक mahak, सुगंध sugandh, ख़ुशबू xuśbū
- substance providing a pleasant smell
- ख़ुशबू xuśbū
perfume in Tamil
- வாசனைத் திரவியம், அத்தர், கமழ்மம்
perfume in Marathi
- परफ्यूम, परफ्युम
perfume in Urdu
- pleasant smell
- عَطْر 'atr, عِطْر 'itr, خوشْبُو xośbū
- substance providing a pleasant smell
- عَطْر 'atr, عِطْر 'itr, خوشْبُو xośbū
More languagesFewer languages
- perfume in Bengali
- সুগন্ধ śugondho, খোশবু khōśbu, সুগন্ধি śugondhi
- perfume in Telugu
- అత్తరు attaru, సుగంధి sugandhi
- perfume in Malayalam
- സുഗന്ധം, വാസനത്തൈലം, പരിമളം
- perfume in Kannada
- ಅತ್ತರು attaru
- perfume in Punjabi
- ਪਰਫਿਊਮ
- perfume in Gujarati
- અત્તર attar
- perfume in Odia
- ପରଫ୍ଯ଼ୁମ୍, ପରଫ୍ଯ଼ୁମ
- perfume in Sanskrit
- अधिवास adhivāsa, सुगन्ध sugandha, अम्बर ámbara
- perfume in Nepali
- परफ्युम, परफ्यूम
- perfume in Pashto
- عطر 'atər
- perfume in Tagalog
- pabango
- perfume in Arabic
- أَرِيج ʔarīj, عَبِير ʕabīr, شَذًا šaḏan, عِطْر ʕiṭr
- perfume in Malay
- wangian, minyak atar, minyak wangi
- perfume in Indonesian
- semerbak, wangi, parfum
- perfume in Thai
- กลิ่นหอม glìn-hɔ̌ɔm, น้ำหอม náam-hɔ̌ɔm
- perfume in Vietnamese
- mùi thơm, hương thơm, hương vị, nước thơm
- perfume in Myanmar
- ရနံ့ ra.nam., အမွှေး a.hmwe:, ရေမွှေး rehmwe:
Examples of perfume in a sentence
- A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.
- The perfumed pages of the letter contrasted with its doleful writing.
- When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
Synonyms of perfume
Forms of perfume
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | perfumes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | perfumes |
| present participle | perfuming |
| past participle | perfumed |
| past | perfumed |
Origin of perfume
Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.
Words formed from perfume
Phrases with perfume
Questions about perfume
- What does perfume mean?
- Perfume means a pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
- What is perfume in Hindi?
- Perfume in Hindi is परिमल (parimal), इत्र (itra), अतर (atar). See Perfume meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is perfume?
- Perfume can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce perfume?
- Perfume is pronounced /ˈpɜːfjuːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of perfume?
- The plural of perfume is perfumes.
Words near perfume in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perfume (page history and authors); perfume (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perfume (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); అత్తరు (Telugu) (page history and authors); perfume (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಅತ್ತರು (Kannada) (page history and authors); perfume (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); અત્તર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); perfume (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अधिवास (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); perfume (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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