cologne

Other forms of cologne

plural

colognes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cologne

What does cologne mean?

cologne means "a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cologne?

cologne has 2 syllables: co-logne. The stress falls on "logne". In IPA it is /kəˈloʊn/.

What is another word for cologne?

Close synonyms include Koln, cologne water, eau de cologne. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cologne a common word?

cologne is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cologne?

4 words rhyme with cologne. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.