English
Etymology
Short for eau de Cologne < (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] 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
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Rhymes: -əʊn
Noun
cologne (usually uncountable , plural colognes )
A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90 % alcohol and water.
You stink of too much cologne .
Synonyms
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 )
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 ) , 古龙水 ( gu2 lung4 seoi2 )
Mandarin: 科隆香水 ( Kēlóng xiāngshuǐ )
Czech: kolínská voda f
Danish: kølnervand n , eau de Cologne
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: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: कोलोन ( 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 ( koantʰeaʔrʊəh ) , ទឹកអប់ ( tɨk ʔɑp )
Korean: 오드콜로뉴 ( odeukollonyu ) , 향수 (ko) ( hyangsu ) (香水 (ko) )
Kyrgyz: одеколон ( odekolon ) , атыр (ky) ( atır )
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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: үнэртэн (mn) ( ünerten ) , сүрчиг (mn) ( sürčig )
Navajo: łikání halchingo
Norwegian:
Bokmål: please add this translation if you can
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 Colonia f
Russian: одеколо́н (ru) m ( odekolón ) , парфю́м (ru) m ( parfjúm ) ( colloquial )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: колоњска вода f
Roman: kolonjska voda f
Slovak: kolínská voda f
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 )
Thai: โคโลญจ์ ( koo-loon ) , น้ำหอม (th) ( náam-hɔ̌ɔm )
Turkish: kolonya (tr)
Turkmen: odekolon , atyr (tk)
Ukrainian: одеколо́н m ( odekolón )
Urdu: کولون ( kolon )
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