cologne
/kəˈləʊn//kəˈloʊn/
cologne noun: a type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
Noun
cologne (usually uncountable, plural colognes)
- A type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
- You stink of too much cologne.
- The perfume market has always been a two-tiered one, with a relatively small number of buyers of small bottles of real perfume and eau de parfum that cost large amounts of money, and a larger number of buyers of somewhat larger bottles of cologne and eau de toilette that are considerably more...1987 October, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- eau de Cologne
- Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.
- A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration.
Verb
cologne (third-person singular simple present colognes, present participle cologning, simple past and past participle cologned)
- To scent with cologne.
Proper noun capitalized: Cologne
Cologne
- The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
- Roads on either side of the river Rhine will be closed as authorities seal off the large evacuation zone. The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area.2025 June 4, Alex Croft, “Around 20,000 evacuated in Cologne as major bomb defusal operation underway”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025, retrieved 20 Feb 2026
- A city and town in Minnesota, United States.
cologne meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
cologne in Hindi
- eau de Cologne
- कोलोन kolon
cologne in Tamil
- நறுமண நீர்
cologne in Urdu
- eau de Cologne
- کولون kolon
cologne in Bengali
- eau de Cologne
- কোলোন kōlōn
More languagesFewer languages
- cologne in Pashto
- ادېکولون adekolon
- cologne in Tagalog
- agwa-kolonya
- cologne in Arabic
- مَاء كُولُونِيَا māʔ kūlūniyā, كُولُونِيَا kūlūniyā, عِطْر ʕiṭr, شَذًا šaḏan
- cologne in Malay
- air kelonyor, kelonyor
- cologne in Indonesian
- eau de cologne, kelonyo
- cologne in Thai
- โคโลญ koo-loon, น้ำหอม náam-hɔ̌ɔm
- cologne in Vietnamese
- nước hoa Cô-lô-nhơ, ô-đờ-cô-lôn
Examples of cologne in a sentence
- He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
- "Seems like your boy wears boxer briefs, wears Calvin Klein cologne, and plays poker.
- “I don't mind a little cologne, but I am not going to put on eye shadow.
Synonyms of cologne
Forms of cologne
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | colognes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | colognes |
| present participle | cologning |
| past participle | cologned |
| past | cologned |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Collen |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Cologn |
| alternative form (rare) | Köln |
Origin of cologne
Ellipsis of eau de Cologne (French eau de Cologne), the name given to the original product in 1709. The success of the original Eau de Cologne inspired many imitators and it has become a genericized trademark. See Cologne. Doublet of colony
From Middle English Coloyne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from verb colo, colere (“till, cultivate, worship”). Doublet of Colonia, colony, and Köln, from German.
Words formed from cologne
Phrases with cologne
Words that rhyme with cologne
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- moan
- throne
- atone
- clone
- crone
- prone
- depone
- hone
- loan
- condone
- disenthrone
- disown
- eau de cologne
- enthrone
- groan
- intone
- roan
- Sloan
- Sloane
- thrown
- unknown
- bemoan
- cobblestone
- Copplestone
- grown
- joan
- known
- none
- overgrown
- pension
- phone
- postpone
- redstone
- sone
- Stallone
- answer phone
- arthron
- beknown
- cauterizing stone
- compone
- crosne
- crown
- cuboidal bone
- cuttlefish bone
- Ediphone
- enzone
- flown
- Four Shire Stone
Questions about cologne
- What does cologne mean?
- Cologne means a type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
- What is cologne in Hindi?
- Cologne in Hindi is कोलोन (kolon). See Cologne meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cologne?
- Cologne can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cologne?
- Cologne is pronounced /kəˈləʊn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cologne?
- The plural of cologne is colognes.
Words near cologne in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cologne (page history and authors); Cologne (page history and authors); cologne (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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