eau de Cologne
English
/ˌəʊ də kəˈləʊn/
noun
Definitions
- A type of perfume; cologne.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Telephone.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Woman [from palone].
Etymology
Borrowed from French eau de Cologne, eau + French de (of, of from, from)+ French Cologne.
Origin
French
Cologne
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cologne English
- de son tort English
- eau de Cologne Finnish
- Colōnia Agrippīna Latin
- colōnia Latin
- dē Latin
- di Italian
- Cologne French
- Deville French
- amour de soi French
- auberge de jeunesse French
- barre de fraction French
- billet de banque French
- boson de Higgs French
- bras de mer French
- corbeau de nuit French
- d'Amour French
- de French
- de Grasse French
- de Stafford French
- delà French
- derechef French
- desquelles French
- desquels French
- devant French
- duquel French
- eau French
- eau de Cologne French
- esprit-de-vin French
- femme d'État French
- gibier de potence French
- liberté de religion French
- matériau de construction French
- maître d'hôtel French
- pain de viande French
- pomme de pin French
- pomme de terre French
- seconde d'angle French
- surface de réparation French
- одеколон Russian
- de Spanish, Castilian
- オーデコロン Japanese
- コローニュ Japanese
- da Esperanto
- de Translingual
- de Ido
- eaue, eau Middle French