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Definitions: Perfumery |
PerfumeryNoun1. Perfumes in general. 2. Store where perfumes are sold. 3. An establishment where perfumes are made. 4. The art of making perfumes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "perfumery" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Crosswords: Perfumery |
| English words defined with "perfumery": Acacia farnesiana ♦ bergamot, bergamot orange ♦ cassie, Citrus bergamia, clary sage, costusroot, cubeb ♦ essence of mirbane ♦ flame tree ♦ huisache, hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis ♦ ilang-ilang ♦ Lemon grass ♦ Malambo, mimosa bush, Musk seed, Myropolist ♦ Neroli, neroli oil ♦ rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis ♦ Salvia clarea, sassafras oil, Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa, scented wattle, Sponge tree, sweet acacia, sweet wattle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "perfumery": American storax, amerikanischer Zuckerrohrbohrer ♦ Benzyl Alcohol ♦ Phenylethyl Alcohol ♦ Succinic Acids ♦ Zuckerrohrraupe. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Goubaud Beauty Bar, business at 743 5th Ave., New York City. Perfumery bar I.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Moldova | Pending Parliament's approval, the Government will again hold privatization tenders for 96 percent in Viorica Cosmetic, a perfumery and cosmetics company, 60 percent in Zorile S.A., a leading shoe manufacturer, and 100 percent in Agromecanica Holding. (references) |
Argentina | The market also awaits the introduction of department stores that join all sectors-clothing, footwear, perfumery, and electronics-under the same roof. (references) | |
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| "Perfumery" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Perfumery" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 34 | 59,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "perfumery": perfumery shop. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
perfumery | 25 |
bermuda perfumery | 5 |
as asian blue condiment flower in perfumery plant small spike used | 3 |
crown perfumery | 2 |
beach inc palm perfumery pheromones.com | 2 |
compound perfumery | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "perfumery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | parfume. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معطرة, حانوت العطور, صناعة العطور. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | парфюмерия (perfume and cosmetics), парфюми. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 香料厂. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | parfumerie, voòavkářské zboží. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | parfumerivarer (perfumes), parfumer (perfumes), fremstilling af parfumer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | parfumerieën (perfumes), reukwerkindustrie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | parfumerie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | parfümerie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αρωματοποιία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ח ות בשמים, בשמת, בשמות, בשום (aromatization, fragrant, perfuming), רקוח (concoction, ointment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | illatszerek, illatszerbolt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | profumeria (perfume shop, perfumes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thie cooreydys, cooreydys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erfumerypay produtos de perfumaria (perfumes), perfumista, perfumaria (perfunctory). (various references) parfumuri, parfumerie, fabricã de parfumuri, afumãtoare (fumigation, scents, smokehouse). (various references) парфюмерия. (various references) parfimerija. (various references) perfumería. (various references) parfymeri, parfymer. (various references) parfümler, parfümeri, ıtriyat. (various references) парфумерія. (various references) nước hoa xưởng chế nước hoa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Perfumery" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parfumerie, Parfumeur, Perfumerie, perfumier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "perfumery" (pronounced 'Per*fum"er*y'): Acceleratory, Antislavery, Apery, Archery, Ashery, Asseveratory, Averpenny, Babery, Baboonery, Bakery, Barkery, Belligerently, Bewitchery, bindery, Bleachery, Bloomery, Boilery, botcherly, botchery, Branchery, Bravery, Brewery, Bribery, Broidery, Buffoonery, Butcherly, Butchery, Cajolery, Chafery, Chicanery, Cholericly, Cinerary, Cleverly, Clouterly, Clownery, Coalery, Cocoonery, Collaterally, Commandery, Congeneracy, Considerably, Consideringly, Cookery, Covertly, Creamery, Crockery, Cutchery, Deanery, Debauchery, Degeneracy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-m-p-r-r-u-y" | |
-1 letter: perfumer. | |
-2 letters: perfume. | |
-3 letters: empery, ferrum, frumpy, murrey, prefer, preyer. | |
-4 letters: emery, femur, ferry, feyer, freer, frere, frump, fryer, fumer, furry, merer, merry, murre, murry, peery, perry, pryer, puree, purer, reefy, refer, refry, rupee. | |
-5 letters: eery, emeu, eyer, eyre, feme, fere, free, fume, fumy, fury, mere, mure, murr, peer, perm, pree, prey, pure, purr, pyre. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 66 75 6D 65 72 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01100110 01110101 01101101 01100101 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r f u m e r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0066 0075 006D 0065 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507184728779718491 |
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