EuroLex/F/Perfume


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: parfum - 1. flavour; 2. aroma, scent; 3. perfume; 4.taste additive

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from MF parfum, from parfumer "to scent", from Prov. perfumar, from L per- "through" + fumare "to smoke". Earliest use in English was in reference to fumes from something burning. Meaning "fluid containing agreeable essences of flowers, etc., is attested from 1542.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
meaning 3: Czech: voňavka

Estonian: lõhnaaine, lõhnaõli

Latvian: smaržas

Lithuanian: kvepalai

Slovak: voňavka