fragrance vs perfume what difference

what is difference between fragrance and perfume

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fragrance, from Latin fragrantia. See fragrant.

Pronunciation

• enPR: frāʹ-grəns, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹeɪɡɹəns/

Noun

fragrance (countable and uncountable, plural fragrances)

1. A pleasant smell or odour.

Synonyms

• (pleasant smell): aroma

Translations

Verb

fragrance (third-person singular simple present fragrances, present participle fragrancing, simple past and past participle fragranced)

1. (transitive) To apply a fragrance to; to perfume.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantia, from fragrō, fragrāre. Related to flairer, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁa.ɡʁɑ̃s/

Noun

fragrance f (plural fragrances)

1. a fragrance, a pleasurable smell

Further reading

• “fragrance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French parfum. Doublet of parfum.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːfjuːm/
• (US) pûr’fyo͞om”, IPA^(key): /ˈpɝfjuːm/ or enPR: pər-fyoo͞m’, IPA^(key): /pɚˈfjuːm/
• (General American):

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈpɚfjuːm/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /pɚˈfjuːm/

Noun

perfume (countable and uncountable, plural perfumes)

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

   • Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

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

Synonyms

• (pleasant smell): aroma, fragrance, scent
• (substance providing a pleasant smell): fragrance, scent

Derived terms

• acoustic perfume
• perfumelike
• perfumey

Translations

Verb

perfume (third-person singular simple present perfumes, present participle perfuming, simple past and past participle perfumed)

1. (transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

Translations

Related terms

• perfumed
• perfumery

References

• perfume in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Occitan perfum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: per‧fu‧me

Noun

perfume m (plural perfumes)

1. perfume (substance providing a pleasant smell)

Verb

perfume

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of perfumar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of perfumar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of perfumar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of perfumar

References

Spanish

Etymology

Nominal of perfumar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈfume/, [peɾˈfu.me]

Noun

perfume m (plural perfumes)

1. perfume

   Synonyms: olor, aroma, fragancia

Related terms

• perfumar
• perfumería
• perfumero
• perfumista

Verb

perfume

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perfumar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perfumar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perfumar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of perfumar.

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