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sillages

sillages is the plural of sillage.

Meaning of sillage

Noun

sillage (countable and uncountable, plural sillages)

  1. (perfumery) The trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume.
    • The smell was everywhere back then, especially at college parties, which reeked of the stuff (I also remember sillage clouds of Eternity For Women hanging in the air as well). […] [Drakkar Noir] had face-melting power, with 24-hour longevity and sillage that could kill a plant.2011 November 3, Ta-Nehisi Coates, quoting shamu1 (Il Mondo di Odore), “Marketing to the Maxim Set, Cont.”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2011

Questions about sillages

What is sillages the plural of?
Sillages is the plural of sillage.

Words near sillages in the dictionary

  1. sillabub
  2. sillabubs
  3. silladar
  4. silladars
  5. sillage
  6. sillages
  7. sillaginid
  8. sillaginids
  9. sillago
  10. sillagos
  11. Sillah

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