Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/peɾˈfume/

Line drawing of perfume
Coloured illustration of perfume
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Translation

perfume, scent

Word origin

From French parfum, from Old Provençal perfumar ('to perfume'), from Latin per ('through') and fumare ('to smoke'), from the practice of scenting with burning incense.

Origin
Latin
Root
perfumare

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralperfumes

Examples

huele .

This perfume smells of garden flowers.

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She gave me a French perfume for my birthday.

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The scent of the roses filled the whole house.

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I do not like wearing too much perfume in the morning.

¿ ? Huele .

What perfume are you wearing today? It smells lovely.

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