Meanings
plural eau de toilettes · plural eaus de toilette · plural eaux de toilette
- perfumeryA lightly scented perfume to freshen the skin, usually applied directly to the skin after bathing or shaving.
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The perfume market has always been a two-tiered one, with a relatively small number of buyers of small bottles of real perfume and eau de parfum that cost large amounts of money, and a larger number of buyers of somewhat larger bottles of cologne and eau de toilette that are considerably more affordable but not always cheap.
1987 October 28, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023Synonyms: toilet water
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lightly scented perfume to freshen the skin, usually applied directly to the skin after bathing or shaving.
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Origin
- Frencheau de toilette
- Englisheau de toilette
Borrowed from French eau de toilette.
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Bulgarian тоале́тна вода́
- тоале́тна вода́ (toalétna vodá)lightly scented perfume
Chinese Cantonese 淡香水, 花露水
- 淡香水 (taam⁵ hoeng¹ seoi²)lightly scented perfume
- 花露水 (faa¹ lou⁶ seoi²)lightly scented perfume
Chinese Mandarin 淡香水, 花露水
- 淡香水 (dànxiāngshuǐ)lightly scented perfume
- 花露水 (huālùshuǐ)lightly scented perfume
Czech toaletní voda
- toaletní vodalightly scented perfume
Dutch eau de toilette
- eau de toilettelightly scented perfume
Estonian tualettvesi
- tualettvesilightly scented perfume
Finnish eau de toilette, toilettivesi
- eau de toilettelightly scented perfume
- toilettivesilightly scented perfume
French eau de toilette
- eau de toilettelightly scented perfume
German Eau de Toilette
- Eau de Toilettelightly scented perfume
Japanese オードトワレット, オードトワレ
- オードトワレット (ōdotowaretto)lightly scented perfume
- オードトワレ (ōdotoware)lightly scented perfume
Korean 오드투왈렛
- 오드투왈렛 (odeutuwallet)lightly scented perfume
Latvian tualetes ūdens
- tualetes ūdenslightly scented perfume
Polish woda toaletowa
- woda toaletowalightly scented perfume
Portuguese água de toalete
- água de toaletelightly scented perfume
Romanian apă de toaletă
- apă de toaletălightly scented perfume
Russian туале́тная вода́
- туале́тная вода́ (tualétnaja vodá)lightly scented perfume
Slovak toaletná voda
- toaletná vodalightly scented perfume
Spanish eau de toilette
- eau de toilettelightly scented perfume
Ukrainian туале́тна вода́
- туале́тна вода́ (tualétna vodá)lightly scented perfume
Cite this entry
eau de toilette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eau%20de%20toilette
“eau de toilette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eau%20de%20toilette. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eau de toilette,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eau%20de%20toilette.
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