eau de Cologne
See also: eau de cologne
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French eau de Cologne.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eau de Cologne (countable and uncountable, plural eaux de Cologne)
- A type of perfume; cologne.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Telephone.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Woman [from palone].
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From French eau de Cologne.
Noun edit
eau de Cologne
- cologne (type of perfume)
Declension edit
Inflection of eau de Cologne (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | eau de Cologne | — | ||
genitive | eau de Colognen | — | ||
partitive | eau de Colognea | — | ||
illative | eau de Cologneen | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | eau de Cologne | — | ||
accusative | nom. | eau de Cologne | — | |
gen. | eau de Colognen | |||
genitive | eau de Colognen | — | ||
partitive | eau de Colognea | — | ||
inessive | eau de Colognessa | — | ||
elative | eau de Colognesta | — | ||
illative | eau de Cologneen | — | ||
adessive | eau de Colognella | — | ||
ablative | eau de Colognelta | — | ||
allative | eau de Colognelle | — | ||
essive | eau de Colognena | — | ||
translative | eau de Cologneksi | — | ||
abessive | eau de Colognetta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “eau de Cologne”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Italian parfumier Johann Maria Farina in 1742, who lived in Cologne.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eau de Cologne f (plural eaux de Cologne)
- cologne (a type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90% alcohol and water)
Descendants edit
- → English: eau de Cologne
- → Finnish: kölninvesi (calque)
- → Portuguese: água-de-colónia (calque)
- → Romanian: odicolon
- → Russian: одеколон (odekolon)