Meaning of Cologne | Babel Free
kəˈloʊnDefinitions
- A type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
- The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
- A city and town in Minnesota, United States.
- 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.
- A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
ətir
Беларуская
Кёльн
Català
colònia
Cymraeg
Cwlen
Dansk
Köln
Eesti
odekolonn
فارسی
کلن
Galego
Colonia
Հայերեն
Քյոլն
Bahasa Indonesia
eau de cologne
ქართული
ოდეკოლონი
Қазақша
әтір
Latina
Colonia Agrippina
Lëtzebuergesch
Köln
ລາວ
ນ້ຳຫອມ
Lietuvių
odekolonas
Монгол
сүрчиг
Bahasa Melayu
kelonyor
Română
apă de colonie
Slovenčina
kolínska voda
Shqip
Kolonjë
Svenska
Köln
Türkmençe
atyr
Tagalog
agwa-kolonya
اردو
کولن
Oʻzbekcha
atir
Tiếng Việt
ô-đờ-cô-lôn
Examples
“You stink of too much cologne.”
“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.”
“He wore some aftershave or cologne that gave him a heavy, nasty, sweet scent.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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