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233 months ago

Martine COTTARD   asked this question:

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233 months ago

   wrote:

...une gerbe ou un parfum

My comment:

The context of the phrase seems somewhat ambiguous. If ''spray'' refers to flowers/greenery then GERBE would be the correct terminology. If ''spray'' refers to perfume/cologne then of course PARFUM would be correct.

My references:

Termium (Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic database), Le Robert et Collins Super Senior.

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233 months ago

   wrote:

Il a acheté un bouquet et s'est parfumé

233 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++   wrote:

Vaporisateur

My comment:

Il a un bouquet de fleurs et un vaporisateur

My references:

better say vaporisateur for perfume, and pulv'erisateur for insecticide. :-)

233 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++   wrote:

Il a obtenu un bouquet de fleurs et un pulvérisateur

My comment:

autre possibilite

233 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++   wrote:

(petit) bouquet

My comment:

Autre possibilite.

My references:

Grand Dictionnaire Francais/Anglais Larousse

233 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++   wrote:

une branche

My comment:

You already have the flowers mentioned, so I believe it might be the greenery part ( accompanying leaves, branches, etc.) that come along with the flowers.

My references:

Harper Collins Unabridged French/English Dictionary

233 months ago

Karen Vincent-Jones   wrote:

une gerbe

My comment:

It could be this- a spray or arrangement of flowers, in addition to the bunch. On the other hand, it could be a 'vaporisateur' of water to keep the flowers fresh!

233 months ago

carolefaivre   wrote:

parfum

My comment:

étant donné le contexte...

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

233 months ago

Jana Kaffka   wrote:

étant donné le contexte, je dirai également "parfum"

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

eau de toilette, qui se présente souvent en atomiseur "spray"