eau de cologne

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   a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol

   Synonymscolognecologne water

   Broaderperfume

Questions about eau de cologne

What does eau de cologne mean?

eau de cologne means "a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol".

What is another word for eau de cologne?

Close synonyms include cologne, cologne water. 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 eau de cologne a common word?

eau de cologne is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.