parfum
French
noun
Definitions
- perfume (scented toiletry)
- scent, desirable smell
- flavour, aroma, taste (e.g., of ice cream)
Etymology
Derived from Middle French parfumer (scent) borrowed from Old Occitan perfumar derived from Latin per- (through, along, during, thoroughly, across, very).
Origin
Latin
per-
Gloss
through, along, during, thoroughly, across, very
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Other
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- parfum English
- *perdonare Latin
- *perdono, *perdonāre Latin
- *perdonō Latin
- *pertraiciō Latin
- *pertrāctiāre Latin
- *pertrāicere Latin
- iactō Latin
- per- Latin
- perfumare Latin
- Parfüm German
- Parfümerie German
- parfüm Hungarian
- parfüméria Hungarian
- perfumare Italian
- par- French
- parfumer French
- parfumerie French
- parfumeur French
- парфюм Russian
- парфюме́рия Russian
- parfyme Norwegian Bokmål
- *fragebaną Proto-Germanic
- perfumy Polish
- parfyme Norwegian Nynorsk
- parfume Danish
- parfumerie Czech
- parjeter, pargeter Old French
- pre- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- parfum Indonesian
- парфюм Bulgarian
- parfumer Middle French
- per- Asturian
- parfumer Old Occitan
- perfumar Old Occitan