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)

1. A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90% alcohol and water.

   You stink of too much cologne.

   • 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.

2. Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.
3. (loosely) A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration.

Synonyms

• eau de Cologne

Translations

eau de Cologne

• Albanian: kolonjë (sq) f
• Arabic: مَاء كُولُونِيَا m (māʔ kūlūniyā), كُولُونِيَا f (kūlūniyā), عِطْر m (ʕiṭr), شَذًا m (šaḏan), أَرِيج m (ʔarīj)

  Hijazi Arabic: عِطِر m (ʕiṭir), كُلُونِيَا f (kulōnya)

• Armenian: օդեկոլոն (hy) (ōdekolon)
• Azerbaijani: odekolon, ətir (az)
• Belarusian: адэкало́н m (adekalón)
• Bengali: কোলোন (kōlōn)
• 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), 古龍水／古龙水 (zh) (gǔlóngshuǐ)

• 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 (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:

  Brazilian: água-de-colônia (pt) f, colônia (pt) f

  European: água-de-colónia (pt) f, colónia (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)

See also

• eau de toilette
• perfume
• toilet water