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1. (n.) perfume
a substance that diffuses or imparts an agreeable or attractive smell, esp. a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils.
2. perfume
the scent, odor, or volatile particles emitted by substances that smell agreeable.
3. (v.t.) perfume
(of substances, flowers, etc.) to impart a pleasant fragrance to.
4. perfume
to permeate with a sweet odor; scent.
Etymology: (1525–35; earlier parfume (n.) < MF parfum, n. der. of parfumer (v.) < obs. It parfumare (mod. profumare). See per -, fume)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
2. (verb) perfume, essence
a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
3. (verb) perfume, aromatize, aromatise
fill or impregnate with an odor
"orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden"
4. (verb) perfume, scent
apply perfume to
"She perfumes herself every day"
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1. (noun) perfume
a pleasant-smelling liquid women put on their skin
Are you wearing perfume?
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. perfume
the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma
2. perfume
a substance that emits an agreeable odor
3. (verb) perfume
to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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perfume
Any smell that is used to down a worse one.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. perfume
A substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
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Sense: a sweet smell or fragrance
the perfume of roses.
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 Afrikaans: parfuum |
 Arabic: عِطْر |
 Bulgarian: благоухание |
 Brazilian: perfume |
 Czech: vůně |
 German: der Duft |
 Danish: duft |
 Greek: άρωμα |
 Spanish: perfume |
 Estonian: hõng |
 Farsi: بوی خوش |
 Finnish: tuoksu |
 French: parfum |
 Hebrew: בּוֹשֶׂם |
 Hindi: इत्र |
 Croatian: miomiris |
 Hungarian: illat |
 Indonesian: parfum |
 Icelandic: ilmur |
 Italian: profumo |
 Japanese: 香り |
 Korean: 향기 |
 Lithuanian: kvapas |
 Latvian: smarža |
 Malay: bau harum |
 Dutch: geur |
 Norwegian: duft, godlukt |
 Polish: woń |
 Persian: بوی خوش |
 Pashto: عطر |
 Portuguese: perfume |
 Romanian: parfum |
 Russian: благоухание |
 Slovak: vôňa |
 Slovenian: vonj |
 Serbian: parfem |
 Swedish: doft, vällukt |
 Thai: กลิ่นหอม |
 Turkish: güzel koku |
 Taiwanese: 香味 |
 Ukrainian: пахощі, аромат |
 Urdu: خوشبو |
 Vietnamese: hương thơm |
 Chinese: 香味 |
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