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perfume.

A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɜːfjuːm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɝfjuːm/US/pɚˈfjuːm/US/ˈpɝfjuːm/
  1. A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.

    countable · uncountable
    She bought a perfume at the airport.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.

verb/ˈpɜːfjuːm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɝfjuːm/US/pɚˈfjuːm/US/pɚˈfjuːm/
  1. To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.

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