how to pronounce perfume

/ˈpɜː.fjuːm/

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the above transcription of perfume is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

perfume is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

ɜː

2.

uː

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An example use of perfume in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the twist and spritz perfume atomizer in …”

meaning of perfume

Perfume is a substance that is used to give a pleasant smell to the body.

perfume frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word perfume occurs in english on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics perfume can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that perfume can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;