perfumery
/pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/
perfumery noun: a shop selling perfumes.
Noun
perfumery (countable and uncountable, plural perfumeries)
- A shop selling perfumes.
- These perfumeries were also used as places of assignation and sexual rendezvous.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162
- Synonyms:
- parfumerie
- A factory where perfume is made.
- The manufacture of perfume.
perfumery meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Persian
perfumery in Tamil
- நறுமணப் பொருட்கலை, நறுமணப் பொருள்கள், களவம், கந்தம், கெந்தம், களபம்
perfumery in Kannada
- ಸುಗಂಧದ್ರವ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ತಯಾರಿಸುವ ವಿಧಾನ
perfumery in Arabic
- manufacture of perfumes
- عِطَارَة ʕiṭāra
perfumery in Persian
- shop selling perfumes
- عطاری 'attâri, عطرفروشی 'atr-foruši
- factory where perfume is made
- عطرسازی 'atr-sâzi
- manufacture of perfumes
- عطاری 'attâri
Synonyms of perfumery
Forms of perfumery
| plural | perfumeries |
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Origin of perfumery
From perfume + -ery.
Questions about perfumery
- What does perfumery mean?
- Perfumery means a shop selling perfumes.
- What is perfumery in Tamil?
- Perfumery in Tamil is நறுமணப் பொருட்கலை, நறுமணப் பொருள்கள், களவம். See Perfumery meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is perfumery?
- Perfumery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce perfumery?
- Perfumery is pronounced /pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/.
- What is the plural of perfumery?
- The plural of perfumery is perfumeries.
Words near perfumery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perfumery (page history and authors); perfumery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perfumery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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