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eau de cologne definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol [syn: cologne, cologne water, eau de cologne]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural eaux de cologne) Etymology: French, literally, Cologne water, from Cologne, Germany Date: 1802 cologne

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eau de Cologne Eau` de Co*logne" [F. eau water (L. aqua) + de of + Cologne.] Same as Cologne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cologne Co*logne", n. [Originally made in Cologne, the French name of K["o]ln, a city in Germany.] A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also eau de Cologne Eau de cologne is a fairly weak, sweet-smelling perfume. = cologne

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see eau de cologne