água-de-colónia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From água + de + Colónia, a calque of French eau de Cologne.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡwɐ dɨ kuˈlɔ.njɐ/ [ˈa.ɣwɐ ðɨ kuˈlɔ.njɐ]

  • Hyphenation: á‧gua‧-de‧-co‧ló‧ni‧a

Noun

água-de-colónia f (plural águas-de-colónia) (European spelling)

  1. eau de Cologne; cologne (type of perfume)
    Synonyms: colónia, água-de-cheiro
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