perfume A2 Topic:Actions & Processes US /ˈpɝfjuːm/ UK /ˈpɜːfjuːm/ See IPA manual Freq #4862 Meanings 1 noun A liquid with a pleasant smell that people put on their skin. She bought a bottle of perfume at the airport. 2 noun A pleasant smell. The perfume of the roses filled the whole garden. 3 verb To give something a pleasant smell. Orange blossoms perfumed the warm evening air. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a liquid with a pleasant... fragrancescentparfum 2 noun · a pleasant smell. aromafragrancescent 3 verb · to give something a... scent Word family Forms perfumedperfumesperfuming Derived forms beperfumedperfumedperfumelessperfumelikeperfumerperfumeryperfumeyperfumierperfumyunperfumed Related forms parfumerieparfumier Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum. parfum Middle French View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # perfume **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈpɝfjuːm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɜːfjuːm/ **Frequency rank:** 4862 ## Meanings 1. A liquid with a pleasant smell that people put on their skin. 2. A pleasant smell. 3. To give something a pleasant smell. ## Examples - She bought a bottle of perfume at the airport. - The perfume of the roses filled the whole garden. - Orange blossoms perfumed the warm evening air. ## Derived Forms - beperfumed - perfumed - perfumeless - perfumelike - perfumer - perfumery - perfumey - perfumier - perfumy - unperfumed ## Related Forms - parfumerie - parfumier ## Roots and Affixes - Root: parfum ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum. ## AI Etymology Perfume was borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum. The historical chain includes parfum (Middle French). In present-day English it covers a liquid with a pleasant smell that people put on their skin, a pleasant smell, and to give something a pleasant smell. The wider family includes derived forms such as beperfumed, perfumed, perfumeless, perfumelike, perfumer and related forms such as parfumerie, parfumier. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown