cologne

See also: Cologne

English

Etymology

Short for eau de Cologne (French Eau de Cologne), the name given to the original product in 1709. The success of the original Eau de Cologne inspired many imitators and it has become a genericized trademark. See Cologne.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈləʊn/
(US) IPA^(key): /kəˈloʊn/
Rhymes: -əʊn

Noun

cologne (usually uncountable, plural colognes)

(cosmetics) A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90 % alcohol and water.
- 1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 95:
  He wore some aftershave or cologne that gave him a heavy, nasty, sweet scent.
You stink of too much cologne.

Synonyms

eau de Cologne

Translations

eau de Cologne

Albanian: kolonjë (sq) f
Arabic: مَاء كُولُونِيَا‎ m (māʾ kūlūniyā), كُولُونِيَا‎ f (kūlūniyā), عِطْر‎ m (ʿiṭr), شَذًا‎ m (šaḏan), أَرِيج‎ m (ʾarīj)
Hijazi Arabic: عِطِر‎ m (ʿiṭir), كُلُونِيَا‎ f (kulōnya)
Armenian: օդեկոլոն (hy) (ōdekolon)
Azerbaijani: odekolon, ətir (az)
Belarusian: адэкало́н m (adekalón)
Bengali: কোলোন (kolon)
Bulgarian: одеколо́н m (odekolón)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: colònia (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 古龍水, 古龙水 (gu² lung⁴ seoi²)
Dungan: хуалуфи (hualufi), хуалўфи (hualwfi)
Mandarin: 科隆香水 (Kēlóng xiāngshuǐ)
Czech: kolínská voda f, kolínská f (colloquial)
Danish: kølnervand n, eau de Cologne c
Dutch: eau de cologne (nl) m or f
Esperanto: kolonjakvo
Estonian: Kölni vesi, odekolonn
Finnish: kölninvesi (fi)
French: eau de Cologne (fr) m
Georgian: ოდეკოლონი (odeḳoloni)
German: Kölnischwasser (de) n, Kölnisch Wasser (de) n, Eau de Cologne n
Greek: κολόνια (el) f (kolónia)
Hebrew: מי בושם / מֵי בֹּשֶׂם‎ m, אוֹ דֶּה קוֹלוֹן‎ m (o de kolón)
Hindi: कोलोन m (kolon)
Hungarian: kölnivíz (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: eau de cologne
Italian: acqua di Colonia f
Japanese: コロン (koron), オーデコロン (ōdekoron)
Kazakh: одеколон (odekolon), әтір (kk) (ätır)
Khmer: គន្ធរស (kŏənthĕəʼrŭəh), ទឹកអប់ (tɨk ʼɑp)
Korean: 오드콜로뉴 (odeukollonyu), 향수(香水) (ko) (hyangsu)
Kyrgyz: одеколон (odekolon), атыр (ky) (atır)
Lao: ນ້ຳຫອມ, ນ້ຳອົບ (nam ʼop), ເສົາວະທານ (sao wa thān)
Latvian: odekolons m
Lithuanian: odekolonas m
Macedonian: колонска вода f (kolonska voda)
Malay: air kelonyor
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үнэртэн (mn) (ünerten), сүрчиг (mn) (sürčig)
Navajo: łikání halchingo
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kølnervann n, eau de cologne m
Pashto: ادېکولون‎ m (adekolon)
Persian: ادکلن‎ (fa) (odkolon), ادوکلن‎ (odokolon), عطر‎ (fa) ('atr)
Polish: woda kolońska (pl) f
Portuguese: colónia (pt) f (Portugal), colônia (pt) f (Brazil), água-de-colônia (pt) f
Romanian: apă de colonie (ro) f
Russian: одеколо́н (ru) m (odekolón), парфю́м (ru) m (parfjúm) (colloquial)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: колоњска вода f
Roman: kolonjska voda f
Slovak: kolínska voda f, kolínska f (colloquial)
Slovene: kolonjska voda f, kolonjska f
Spanish: agua de Colonia f
Swedish: eau-de-cologne (sv) c
Tagalog: agwa-kolonya
Tajik: одеколон (odekolon), атр (atr)
Tatar: одеколон (odekolon)
Thai: โคโลญ (th) (koo-loon), น้ำหอม (th) (náam-hɔ̌ɔm)
Turkish: kolonya (tr)
Turkmen: odekolon, atyr (tk)
Ukrainian: одеколо́н m (odekolón)
Urdu: کولون‎ m (kolon)
Uyghur: كولون ئەترى‎ (kolon etri)
Uzbek: odekolon (uz), atir (uz)
Vietnamese: nước hoa co-lô-nhơ, ô-đờ-cô-lôn, nước hoa (vi)
Volapük: benosmelavat di Köln, benosmelavat
Yiddish: אָדעקאָלאָן‎ m (odekolon)