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Meaning of Cologne | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
kəˈloʊn

Definitions

  1. A type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
  2. The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
  3. A city and town in Minnesota, United States.
  4. 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.
  5. A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca ətir
Беларуская Кёльн
Български Кьолн одеколон
Català colònia
Cymraeg Cwlen
Dansk Köln
Ελληνικά κολόνια Κολωνία
Esperanto kolonjakvo Kolonjo
Eesti odekolonn
فارسی کلن
Galego Colonia
हिन्दी कोलोन ख़ुशबू
Magyar Köln kölnivíz
Հայերեն Քյոլն
Bahasa Indonesia eau de cologne
Íslenska Köln Kolni
ქართული ოდეკოლონი
Қазақша әтір
Kurdî atir kolonya
Кыргызча атыр Көлн
Lëtzebuergesch Köln
ລາວ ນ້ຳຫອມ
Lietuvių odekolonas
Македонски Келн колонска вода
Монгол сүрчиг
Bahasa Melayu kelonyor
Nederlands eau de cologne Keulen
Română apă de colonie
Slovenčina kolínska voda
Shqip Kolonjë
Svenska Köln
Türkmençe atyr
Tagalog agwa-kolonya
Türkçe Köln 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
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