"parfum" meaning in French

See parfum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /paʁ.fœ̃/, /paʁ.fɛ̃/ (note: with merger of un with in) Audio: Fr-parfum.ogg Forms: parfums [plural]
Rhymes: -œ̃ Etymology: From Middle French parfumer (“to scent”), borrowed from Old Occitan perfumar or another language around the Mediterranean coast, cf. Italian profumare, themselves from Latin per- (“through, thoroughly”) + fumāre (“to smoke”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frm|parfumer||to scent}} Middle French parfumer (“to scent”), {{der|fr|pro|perfumar}} Old Occitan perfumar, {{cog|it|profumare}} Italian profumare, {{der|fr|la|per-||through, thoroughly}} Latin per- (“through, thoroughly”), {{m|la|fumo|fumāre|to smoke}} fumāre (“to smoke”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} parfum m (plural parfums)
  1. perfume (scented toiletry) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-parfum-fr-noun-XxZQkBZ5 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French entries with language name categories using raw markup, French terms with irregularly silent consonant Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 24 42 Disambiguation of French entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of French terms with irregularly silent consonant: 35 33 32
  2. scent, desirable smell Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-parfum-fr-noun-YRuQgyMo Disambiguation of Smell: 21 60 19 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French entries with language name categories using raw markup, French terms with irregularly silent consonant Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 24 42 Disambiguation of French entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of French terms with irregularly silent consonant: 35 33 32
  3. flavour, aroma, taste (e.g., of ice cream) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-parfum-fr-noun-UaDI5Cwy Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French entries with language name categories using raw markup, French terms with irregularly silent consonant Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 24 42 Disambiguation of French entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of French terms with irregularly silent consonant: 35 33 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: au parfum, eau de parfum, esprit de parfum, parfum de toilette, parfumer, parfumeur, parfumerie

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for parfum meaning in French (5.1kB)

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      "word": "parfumer"
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: parfum",
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          "expansion": "→ German: Parfüm",
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        }
      ],
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: parfum",
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        }
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          "expansion": "→ Turkish: parfüm",
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        }
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          "english": "Raspberry flavor is rarely natural",
          "text": "Le parfum des framboises est rarement naturel.",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/paʁ.fɛ̃/",
      "note": "with merger of un with in"
    },
    {
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    },
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    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old Occitan",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Rhymes:French/œ̃",
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    },
    {
      "word": "eau de parfum"
    },
    {
      "word": "esprit de parfum"
    },
    {
      "word": "parfum de toilette"
    },
    {
      "word": "parfumer"
    },
    {
      "word": "parfumeur"
    },
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      "text": "→ Dutch: parfum"
    },
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            "2": "Parfüm",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ German: Parfüm",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Parfüm (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "parfum",
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          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "parfüm",
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          "expansion": "→ Turkish: parfüm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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