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Plural of perfume

regular plural

The plural of perfume is perfumes.

Forms of perfume

Singularperfume /ˈpɜːfjuːm/
Pluralperfumes
Countablecountable and uncountable

Perfumes in a sentence

  • The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents.From the entry enfleurage
  • What do guys think when they come to a party dipped in Axe perfumes?2014, Sneha Mehta, Siya Seth Decides to Die. From the entry bluh
  • Million blossoms burst forth lifeful in their bright colours and perfumes.1995, Pritam Sen, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, God's love in Upanishad philosophies, page 181. From the entry lifeful
  • Nedde: In Arab countries, a mixture of various perfumes, with benzoin and amber predominating, is so called.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 164. From the entry benzoin
  • The verse exhales sweet sound, and light-like thought, as perfumes do; but we cannot explain just why.1930, John Thomas Ingram Bryan, The Philosophy of English Literature, page 27. From the entry undulating

Meaning of perfume

  1. noun A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
  2. noun A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
  3. verb To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

Full definition of perfume

Questions about the plural of perfume

What is the plural of perfume?
The plural of perfume is perfumes.
Is perfume countable?
Perfume is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: perfume (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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