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parfum.

perfume (scented toiletry)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/paʁ.fœ̃//paʁ.fɛ̃/
  1. perfume (scented toiletry)

    masculine
  2. scent, desirable smell

    masculine
  3. flavour, aroma, taste (e.g., of ice cream)

    masculine
    Le parfum des framboises est rarement naturel.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French parfum, from 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”).

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