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perfumery

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A shop selling perfumes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parfumerie

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A factory where perfume is made.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The manufacture of perfume.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the art of making perfumes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: art, artistic creation, artistic production

5

noun

Meaning 5

an establishment where perfumes are made

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: establishment

6

noun

Meaning 6

store where perfumes are sold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shop, store

7

noun

Meaning 7

perfumes in general

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perfume, essence

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English perfume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English perfumery From perfume + -ery.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: парфюмерия (parfjumerija) — shop selling perfumes
  • Catalan: perfumeria — shop selling perfumes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香水店 — shop selling perfumes
  • Czech: voňavkářství — shop selling perfumes
  • Finnish: parfymeria — shop selling perfumes
  • Finnish: hajuvesikauppa — shop selling perfumes
  • French: parfumerie — shop selling perfumes
  • Galician: perfumaría — shop selling perfumes
  • Galician: perfumería — shop selling perfumes
  • German: Parfümerie — shop selling perfumes
  • Greek: αρωματοπωλείο (aromatopoleío) — shop selling perfumes
  • Hungarian: illatszerbolt — shop selling perfumes
  • Hungarian: parfüméria — shop selling perfumes
  • Italian: profumeria — shop selling perfumes
  • Norman: parfunm'thie — shop selling perfumes
  • Persian: عطاری ('attâri) — shop selling perfumes
  • Persian: عطرفروشی ('atr-foruši) — shop selling perfumes
  • Piedmontese: përfumarìa — shop selling perfumes
  • Polish: perfumeria — shop selling perfumes
  • Portuguese: perfumaria — shop selling perfumes
  • Russian: парфюме́рия (parfjumérija) — shop selling perfumes
  • Turkish: parfümeri — shop selling perfumes
  • Ukrainian: парфуме́рія (parfumérija) — shop selling perfumes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香水廠 /香水厂 — factory where perfume is made
  • Finnish: hajuvesitehdas — factory where perfume is made
  • Greek: αρωματοποιΐα (aromatopoiḯa) — factory where perfume is made
  • Hungarian: parfümgyár — factory where perfume is made
  • Persian: عطرسازی ('atr-sâzi) — factory where perfume is made
  • Polish: perfumiarnia — factory where perfume is made
  • Portuguese: perfumaria — factory where perfume is made
  • Arabic: عِطَارَة (ʕiṭāra) — manufacture of perfumes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香水製造 /香水制造 (xiāngshuǐ zhìzào) — manufacture of perfumes
  • Finnish: hajuvesien valmistus — manufacture of perfumes
  • Georgian: პარფიუმერია (ṗarpiumeria) — manufacture of perfumes
  • Greek: αρωματοποιΐα (aromatopoiḯa) — manufacture of perfumes
  • Persian: عطاری ('attâri) — manufacture of perfumes
  • Polish: perfumiarstwo — manufacture of perfumes
  • Ukrainian: парфуме́рія (parfumérija) — manufacture of perfumes