• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: eau de Cologne - cologne (a scented liquid made of alcohol and various fragrant oils)


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
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Danish eau de cologne ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Dutch eau de cologne ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
English Cologne water, also eau de Cologne 19c 'meaning 1' '...' http://www.etymonline.com
Estonian odekolonn ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
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German Eau de Cologne ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
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Swedish cologne ... '...' '...' ...

Annotations edit

Etymology: Cologne water, loan-translation of F eau de Cologne, literally "water from Cologne", from the city in Germany (Geman: Köln, from L Colonia Agrippina) where it was made, first by the Italian chemist Johann Maria Farina, who had settled there in 1709.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages edit

loan-translations:

Czech: kolínská voda

Danish: kølnervand

Finnish: kölninvesi

German: Kölnischwasser

Italian: acqua di Colonia

Portuguese: água de colônia

Slovak: kolínska voda

Spanish: agua de colonia


different words:

Hungarian: arcvíz

Latvian: smaržūdens