perfume

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːfjuːm/
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• US: /ˈpɝfjuːm/
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• US: pər-fyoo͞m'
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• US: /pɚˈfjuːm/
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Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.

303 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: aromë — pleasant smell
• Albanian: hosi — pleasant smell
• Albanian: kadis — pleasant smell
• Arabic: أَرِيج (ʔarīj) — pleasant smell
• Arabic: عَبِير (ʕabīr) — pleasant smell
• Arabic: شَذًا (šaḏan) — pleasant smell
• Arabic: عِطْر (ʕiṭr) — pleasant smell
• Arabic: شَذًى (šaḏan) — pleasant smell
• Arabic: عِطِر (ʕiṭir) — pleasant smell
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܹܝܚܵܐ ܗܲܢܝܼܐܵܐ (rēḥā hanīˀā) — pleasant smell
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܹܪܘܿܡܵܐ (hērōmā) — pleasant smell
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܸܛܪܵܐ (ˁiṭrā) — pleasant smell
• Armenian: բույր (buyr) — pleasant smell
• Armenian: անուշահոտություն (anušahotutʻyun) — pleasant smell
• Armenian: բուրմունք (burmunkʻ) — pleasant smell
• Azerbaijani: gözəl iy — pleasant smell
• Azerbaijani: gözəl qoxu — pleasant smell
• Belarusian: во́дар (vódar) — pleasant smell
• Belarusian: арама́т (aramát) — pleasant smell
• Belarusian: пах (pax) — pleasant smell
• Belarusian: духмя́насць (duxmjánascʹ) — pleasant smell
• Bengali: সুগন্ধ (śugondho) — pleasant smell
• Bengali: খোশবু (khōśbu) — pleasant smell
• Central Bikol: mahamot — pleasant smell
• Bulgarian: благоуха́ние (blagouhánie) — pleasant smell
• Bulgarian: арома́т (aromát) — pleasant smell
• Burmese: ရနံ့ (ra.nam.) — pleasant smell
• Burmese: အမွှေး (a.hmwe:) — pleasant smell
• Burmese: ရေမွှေး (rehmwe:) — pleasant smell
• Catalan: perfum — pleasant smell
• Chinese Cantonese: 香味 (hoeng1 mei6) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Cantonese: 芬芳 (fan1 fong1) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Cantonese: 香氣 /香气 (hoeng1 hei3) — pleasant smell
• Hakka Chinese: 香味 (hiông-mi) — pleasant smell
• Hakka Chinese: 香氣 /香气 (hiông-hi) — pleasant smell
• Chinese: 芳味 (zh-min-nan) — pleasant smell
• Chinese: 芳氣 /芳气 (phang-khì) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 香味 (xiāngwèi) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 芬芳 (fēnfāng) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 香氣 /香气 (xiāngqì) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 芳味 (fāngwèi) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 芳氣 /芳气 (fāngqì) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 芬郁 (fēnyù) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 芳澤 /芳泽 (fāngzé) — pleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 芬香 (fēnxiāng) — pleasant smell
• Czech: vůně — pleasant smell
• Danish: duft — pleasant smell
• Dutch: parfum — pleasant smell
• Dutch: aroma — pleasant smell
• Esperanto: parfumo — pleasant smell
• Estonian: lõhnaõli — pleasant smell
• Finnish: tuoksu — pleasant smell
• French: parfum — pleasant smell
• French: fragrance — pleasant smell
• Galician: perfume — pleasant smell
• Georgian: არომატი (aromaṭi) — pleasant smell
• Georgian: სუნამო (sunamo) — pleasant smell
• German: Duft — pleasant smell
• Greek: άρωμα (ároma) — pleasant smell
• Greek: ευωδιά (evodiá) — pleasant smell
• Ancient Greek: εὐωδία (euōdía) — pleasant smell
• Hindi: परिमल (parimal) — pleasant smell
• Hindi: इत्र (itra) — pleasant smell
• Hindi: अतर (atar) — pleasant smell
• Hindi: महक (mahak) — pleasant smell
• Hindi: सुगंध (sugandh) — pleasant smell
• Hindi: ख़ुशबू (xuśbū) — pleasant smell
• Hungarian: illat — pleasant smell
• Iban: angit — pleasant smell
• Icelandic: ilmur — pleasant smell
• Indonesian: semerbak — pleasant smell
• Indonesian: wangi — pleasant smell
• Italian: profumo — pleasant smell
• Japanese: 香り (kaori) — pleasant smell
• Japanese: 香気 (kōki) — pleasant smell
• Khmer: គន្ធ (kŭən) — pleasant smell
• Korean: 향기 (hyanggi) — pleasant smell
• Kyrgyz: атыр (atır) — pleasant smell
• Lao: ຄັນທະ — pleasant smell
• Lao: ຄັນຫາ (khan hā) — pleasant smell
• Lao: ສຸຄົນ (su khon) — pleasant smell
• Latin: odor — pleasant smell
• Latvian: aromāts — pleasant smell
• Latvian: smarža — pleasant smell
• Lithuanian: aromatas — pleasant smell
• Lithuanian: kvepėjimas — pleasant smell
• Luxembourgish: Doft — pleasant smell
• Luxembourgish: Geroch — pleasant smell
• Macedonian: мирис (miris) — pleasant smell
• Macedonian: аро́ма (aróma) — pleasant smell
• Malay: wangian — pleasant smell
• Maltese: fwieħa — pleasant smell
• Māori: kakara — pleasant smell
• Mongolian: анхилга (anxilga) — pleasant smell
• Norwegian Bokmål: duft — pleasant smell
• Norwegian Bokmål: aroma — pleasant smell
• Norwegian Bokmål: godlukt — pleasant smell
• Old English: æþelstenċ — pleasant smell
• Old English: wyrtbrǣþ — pleasant smell
• Iranian Persian: عَطْر (atr) — pleasant smell
• Iranian Persian: عِطْر (etr) — pleasant smell
• Iranian Persian: خوشْبو (xošbu) — pleasant smell
• Iranian Persian: خوشْبوی (xošbuy) — pleasant smell
• Polish: woń — pleasant smell
• Polish: zapach — pleasant smell
• Polish: aromat — pleasant smell
• Portuguese: fragrância — pleasant smell
• Portuguese: perfume — pleasant smell
• Portuguese: cheiro — pleasant smell
• Romanian: parfum — pleasant smell
• Russian: благоуха́ние (blagouxánije) — pleasant smell
• Russian: арома́т (aromát) — pleasant smell
• Serbo-Croatian: аро́ма — pleasant smell
• Serbo-Croatian: aróma — pleasant smell
• Slovak: vôňa — pleasant smell
• Slovene: vonjava — pleasant smell
• Southern Altai: јараш јыт (ǰaraš ǰït) — pleasant smell
• Southern Altai: јакшы јыт (ǰakšï ǰït) — pleasant smell
• Spanish: aroma — pleasant smell
• Sranan Tongo: switismeri — pleasant smell
• Swedish: doft — pleasant smell
• Tajik: атр (atr) — pleasant smell
• Tajik: хушбӯй (xušbüy) — pleasant smell
• Tajik: хушбӯ (xušbü) — pleasant smell
• Thai: กลิ่นหอม (glìn-hɔ̌ɔm) — pleasant smell
• Turkish: ıtır — pleasant smell
• Turkish: burcu — pleasant smell
• Turkish: rayiha — pleasant smell
• Ottoman Turkish: عطر (ʼıtr, ʼıtır) — pleasant smell
• Ukrainian: арома́т (aromát) — pleasant smell
• Ukrainian: па́хощі (páxošči) — pleasant smell
• Ukrainian: духмя́ність (duxmjánistʹ) — pleasant smell
• Urdu: عَطْر ('atr) — pleasant smell
• Urdu: عِطْر ('itr) — pleasant smell
• Urdu: خوشْبُو (xośbū) — pleasant smell
• Uzbek: xushboʻy — pleasant smell
• Vietnamese: mùi thơm — pleasant smell
• Vietnamese: hương thơm — pleasant smell
• Vietnamese: hương vị — pleasant smell
• Albanian: parfum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Arabic: أَرِيج (ʔarīj) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Arabic: شَذًا (šaḏan) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Arabic: عِطْر (ʕiṭr) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Arabic: برفان (barfān) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Arabic: برفانات (barfānāt) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܹܝܚܵܐ ܗܲܢܝܼܐܵܐ (rēḥā hanīˀā) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܹܪܘܿܡܵܐ (hērōmā) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܸܛܪܵܐ (ˁiṭrā) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Armenian: օծանելիք (ōcanelikʻ) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Azerbaijani: ətir — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Belarusian: духі́ (duxí) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Belarusian: парфу́ма (parfúma) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Bengali: সুগন্ধি (śugondhi) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Central Bikol: pahamot — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Bulgarian: парфю́м (parfjúm) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Catalan: perfum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Chinese Cantonese: 香水 (hoeng1 seoi2) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Eastern Min Chinese: 香水 (hiŏng-cūi) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Gan Chinese: 香水 (xiong1 sui3) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Hakka Chinese: 香水 (hiông-súi) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Chinese: 芳水 (zh-min-nan) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Chinese Mandarin: 香水 (xiāngshuǐ) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Wu Chinese: 香水 (1shian-sy) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Ngazidja Comorian: marashi — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Coptic: ϣⲟⲟⲩ (šoou) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Czech: parfém — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Czech: voňavka — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Danish: perfume — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Dutch: parfum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Esperanto: parfumo — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Estonian: parfüüm — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Estonian: lõhnaõli — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Finnish: hajuvesi — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Finnish: hajuste — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Finnish: hajuaine — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Finnish: parfyymi — substance providing a pleasant smell
• French: parfum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Galician: perfume — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Georgian: სურნელება (surneleba) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• German: Parfüm — substance providing a pleasant smell
• German: Duftstoff — substance providing a pleasant smell
• German: Parfum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Greek: άρωμα (ároma) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Ancient Greek: μύρον (múron) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Hebrew: בושם — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Hebrew: בֹּשֶׂם (bósem) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Hindi: ख़ुशबू (xuśbū) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Hungarian: parfüm — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Hungarian: illatszer — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Icelandic: ilmvatn — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Indonesian: parfum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Irish: cumhrán — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Italian: profumo — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Japanese: 香水 (kōsui) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Jarai: ia kluñ — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Kazakh: әтір (ätır) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Khmer: គន្ធរស (kŏənthĕəʼrŭəh) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Khmer: ទឹកអប់ (tɨk ʼɑp) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Korean: 향수 (hyangsu) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Northern Kurdish: parfûm — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Northern Kurdish: perfûm — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Kyrgyz: атыр (atır) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Kyrgyz: духи (duhi) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Lao: ນ້ໍາອົບ (nam ʼop) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Latin: unguentum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Latin: costum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Latin: hēdycrum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Latvian: parfīms — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Lithuanian: kvepalai — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Luxembourgish: Parfum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Macedonian: парфе́м (parfém) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Macedonian: мирис (miris) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Maguindanao: mamut — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Malay: minyak atar — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Malay: minyak wangi — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Māori: hinu kakara — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Maranao: randag — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Mongolian: сүрчиг (sürčig) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Navajo: tó łikání halchiní — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Norwegian Bokmål: parfyme — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Norwegian Nynorsk: parfyme — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Old English: wyrtġemang — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Pashto: عطر ('atər) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Dari: عَطْر (atr) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Dari: عِطْر (itr) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Iranian Persian: عَطْر (atr) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Iranian Persian: عِطْر (etr) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Polish: perfumy — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Portuguese: perfume — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Romanian: parfum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Russian: духи́ (duxí) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Russian: парфю́м (parfjúm) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Serbo-Croatian: па̀рфе̄м — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Serbo-Croatian: pàrfēm — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Slovak: vôňa — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Slovak: voňavka — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Slovene: parfum — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Southern Altai: духи (duhi) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Spanish: perfume — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Swahili: marashi — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Swedish: parfym — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Tagalog: pabango — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Tajik: атр (atr) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Thai: น้ําหอม (náam-hɔ̌ɔm) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Tok Pisin: sanda — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Turkish: parfüm — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Ottoman Turkish: عطر (ʼıtr, ʼıtır) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Turkmen: atyr — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Ukrainian: духи́ (duxý) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Ukrainian: парфу́м (parfúm) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Urdu: عَطْر ('atr) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Urdu: عِطْر ('itr) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Urdu: خوشْبُو (xośbū) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Uyghur: ئەتىر (etir) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Uzbek: atir — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Uzbek: duxi — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Vietnamese: nước thơm — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Vietnamese: nước hoa — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Welsh: peraroglau — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Yiddish: פּאַרפֿום (parfum) — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Zhuang: raemxhom — substance providing a pleasant smell
• Arabic: عَطَّرَ (ʕaṭṭara) — to apply perfume to
• Belarusian: душы́ць (dušýcʹ) — to apply perfume to
• Belarusian: надушы́ць (nadušýcʹ) — to apply perfume to
• Bulgarian: парфюми́рам (parfjumíram) — to apply perfume to
• Czech: navonět — to apply perfume to
• Czech: parfémovat — to apply perfume to
• Czech: naparfémovat — to apply perfume to
• Danish: parfumere — to apply perfume to
• Dutch: parfumeren — to apply perfume to
• Finnish: hajustaa — to apply perfume to
• Finnish: parfymoida — to apply perfume to
• French: parfumer — to apply perfume to
• Galician: perfumar — to apply perfume to
• German: parfümieren — to apply perfume to
• Greek: αρωματίζω (aromatízo) — to apply perfume to
• Hebrew: בישם (bisém) — to apply perfume to
• Hungarian: illatosít — to apply perfume to
• Hungarian: beparfümöz — to apply perfume to
• Ido: moskizar — to apply perfume to
• Ido: parfumizar — to apply perfume to
• Italian: profumare — to apply perfume to
• Luxembourgish: parfüméieren — to apply perfume to
• Macedonian: намирисува (namirisuva) — to apply perfume to
• Macedonian: намириса (namirisa) — to apply perfume to
• Macedonian: парфими́ра (parfimíra) — to apply perfume to
• Māori: whakakakara — to apply perfume to
• Polish: perfumować — to apply perfume to
• Polish: naperfumować — to apply perfume to
• Portuguese: perfumar — to apply perfume to
• Russian: души́ть (dušítʹ) — to apply perfume to
• Russian: надуши́ть (nadušítʹ) — to apply perfume to
• Slovak: navoňať — to apply perfume to
• Slovene: parfumirati — to apply perfume to
• Slovene: naparfumirati — to apply perfume to
• Spanish: perfumar — to apply perfume to
• Swedish: parfymera — to apply perfume to
• Ukrainian: напа́хувати (napáxuvaty) — to apply perfume to
• Ukrainian: напаха́ти (napaxáty) — to apply perfume to
• Ukrainian: души́ти (dušýty) — to apply perfume to
• Ukrainian: надуши́ти (nadušýty) — to apply perfume to
• Vietnamese: xịt nước thơm (vào — to apply perfume to
• Yiddish: פּאַרפֿומירן (parfumirn) — to apply perfume to