Eau-de-Cologne

  • 51cologne — brown (vandyke brown); cologne spirits (highly concentrated ethyl alcohol); cologneware (mottled brown and gray stoneware); cologne water (eau de cologne, toilet water); cologne yellow (chrome yellow and lead sulfate pigment) …

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  • 52Cologne — Co*logne , n. [Originally made in Cologne, the French name of K[ o]ln, a city in Germany.] A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; called also {cologne water} and {eau de cologne}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 53cologne water — Cologne Co*logne , n. [Originally made in Cologne, the French name of K[ o]ln, a city in Germany.] A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; called also {cologne water} and {eau de cologne}. [1913… …

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  • 54cologne — 1814, Cologne water, loan translation of Fr. eau de Cologne, lit. water from Cologne, from the city in Germany (Ger. Köln, from L. Colonia Agrippina) where it was made, first by Italian chemist Johann Maria Farina, who had settled there in 1709 …

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  • 55Eau — ist das französische Wort für „Wasser“ und bedeutet in diesem Zusammenhang unter anderem: Eau Blanche, Fluss in Belgien Eau Claire, mehrere Orte in Nordamerika Eau de Cologne, ein Duftwasser Eau Froide, Fluss im Kanton Waadt, Schweiz Eau Noire,… …

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  • 56Eau — can refer to:*Water, as in eau de Cologne, eau Creole, eau de parfum and eau de toilette. *The River Eau, a tributary of the River Trent in Lincolnshire, England. *There are several cases such as Bourne Eau, in Lincolnshire and The Fens where eau …

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  • 57Eau forte — [ o: fɔrt], das od. die; [frz. eau forte, aus: eau (Eau de Cologne) u. forte, Fem. Sg. von: fort = stark < lat. fortis] (Chemie veraltet): Salpetersäure …

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  • 58eau — EAU: L eau de Paris donne des coliques. L eau de mer soutient pour nager. L eau de Cologne sent bon …

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  • 59Eau de Toilette — Eau de Toi|lette [ to̯a lɛt] das; , x [ o: ] <aus gleichbed. fr. eau de toilette (zu fr. toilette »Wasch , Frisiertisch«)> Duftwasser, dessen Duftstärke zwischen Eau de Parfum u. Eau de Cologne liegt …

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  • 60cologne — ► NOUN ▪ eau de cologne or similarly scented toilet water …

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