perfume

• n. 香水; 香り
• vt.香水をつける；香りをつける
• vi. 香りをつける

per-、fully、fume、smoke、fumigation。原義は殺菌するための煙で、後にperfumeから派生した。

perfume

perfume: [16] The -fume of perfume is the same word as English fumes, but whereas fumes has gone downhill semantically, perfume has remained in the realms of pleasant odours. It comes from French parfum, a derivative of the verb parfumer. This was borrowed from early Italian parfumare, a compound formed from the prefix par- ‘through’ and fumare ‘smoke’, which denoted a ‘pervading by smoke’. When it first arrived in English, the semantic element ‘burning’ was still present, and perfume denoted the ‘fumes produced by burning a substance, such as incense’, but this gradually dropped out in favour of the more general ‘pleasant smell’.
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perfume (n.)

1530s, "fumes from a burning substance," from Middle French parfum (16c.), from parfumer "to scent," from Old Proven?al perfumar or cognate words in dialectal Italian (perfumare) or Spanish (perfumar), from Latin per- "through" (see per) + fumare "to smoke" (see fume (n.)). Meaning "fluid containing agreeable essences of flowers, etc.," is attested from 1540s.

perfume (v.)

1530s, "to fill with smoke or vapor," from perfume (n.) or from Middle French parfumer. Meaning "to impart a sweet scent to" is from 1530s. Related: Perfumed; perfuming.

1. As she went past there was a gust of strong perfume .

彼女は通り過ぎた時に強い香水の匂いがした。

2.There were two lemon trees and I paused to enjoy their perfume .

そこに2本のレモンの木があって、私は思わず足を止めてレモンの香りを味わった。

3.She dabbed a drop of the musky perfume behind each ear.

彼女は両耳の後ろにそれぞれ小さなムスクの香水をつけた。

4.Amy thought she caught the faintest drift of Isabel 's flowery perfume .

エミは、イザベルから漂う微かな花の香りの香水の匂いを感じた。

5.He sniffed the perfume she wore,then gave her a quick survey.

彼は彼女の香水の匂いを嗅いでから、また彼女をすばやく見た。