одеколон

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From French eau de Cologne, possibly via Russian одеколо́н (odekolón).

Pronunciation

Noun

одеколо́н (odekolónm

  1. eau de Cologne; cologne.

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References

  • одеколон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • одеколон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French eau de Cologne.

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Noun

одеколо́н (odekolónm inan (genitive одеколо́на, nominative plural одеколо́ны, genitive plural одеколо́нов)

  1. cologne, eau de Cologne
    • 1937, Иван Бунин, Кавказ; English translation from Hugh Aplin, transl., The Caucasus, Oneworld Classics, 2008:
      Утром, когда я вышел в коридор, в нём было солнечно, душно, из уборных пахло мылом, одеколоном и всем, чем пахнет людный вагон утром.
      Utrom, kogda ja vyšel v koridor, v njom bylo solnečno, dušno, iz ubornyx paxlo mylom, odekolonom i vsem, čem paxnet ljudnyj vagon utrom.
      In the morning, when I went out into the corridor, it was sunny and stuffy; from the toilets came the smell of soap, eau de cologne and everything a carriage full of people smells of in the morning.

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French eau de Cologne.

Pronunciation

Noun

одеколо́н (odekolónm inan (genitive одеколо́ну, nominative plural одеколо́ни, genitive plural одеколо́нів)

  1. cologne, eau de Cologne

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Further reading

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “одеколон”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN