eau de cologne

UK/ˌəʊ də kəˈləʊn/

noun

A type of perfume; cologne.

Similar
Cologne watercologne
OriginFrench eau de Cologne →
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Meanings

eau de cologne1

nouneau de cologne (plural eaux de cologne)

plural eaux de cologne

  1. Alternative letter-case form of eau de Cologne.

eau de Cologne2

nouneau de Cologne (countable and uncountable, plural eaux de Cologne)

plural eaux de Cologne · alternative eau de cologne

  1. countableuncountableA type of perfume; cologne.

    About three o'clock Carrados tapped lightly on his own door and a very faint voice bade him enter. Clifton was lying prostrate on the couch, a napkin round her head, and the reek of eau-de-Cologne filling the room.

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

    Synonyms: Cologne water

  2. CockneycountableslanguncountableTelephone.
  3. CockneycountableslanguncountableWoman [from palone].

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of perfume; cologne.

Similar
Cologne water

More synonyms by meaning

nouna perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol

Similar
colognecologne water
Broader
perfumeessence
Also see
colognecologne water

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frencheau de Cologne
  2. Frencheau de Cologne
  3. Englisheau de Cologne

Borrowed from French eau de Cologne.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with eau de cologne

phoneownloanknownnoneshownunknownzonestonealonetonegrownpensionclonejoanthrownlonecologneconeblownthroneproneJoanneMalone
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APA

eau de cologne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eau%20de%20cologne

MLA

“eau de cologne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eau%20de%20cologne. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eau de cologne,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eau%20de%20cologne.

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