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attar

English

Alternative forms

  • atar, athar, ittar, ottar, otto, âta

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ???? (atir, “scent”), from Arabic ?????? (?i?r, “perfume”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [?æt.?]
  • (US) IPA(key): [?æt?.??], [?æt?.???]
  • Rhymes: -æt?(r)

Noun

attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)

  1. An essential oil extracted from flowers.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 125, [1]
      I bequeath to you my literary work. Useless though these might be commercially, they are the attar-drops distilled from the long and futile ebullience of my life.
  2. A perfume made from this oil.

Derived terms

  • attar of roses

Translations

Anagrams

  • Tatar, Tatra

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cologne

English

Etymology

Short for 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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /k??l??n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /k??lo?n/
  • Rhymes: -??n

Noun

cologne (usually uncountable, plural colognes)

  1. A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90 % alcohol and water.
    You stink of too much cologne.

Synonyms

  • eau de Cologne

Translations

See also

  • eau de toilette
  • perfume
  • toilet water

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