eau de toilette

Borrowed from French eau de toilette.

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊ də twɑːˈlɛt/

eau de toilette (plural eau de toilettes or eaus de toilette or eaux de toilette)

1. (perfumery) A lightly scented perfume to freshen the skin, usually applied directly to the skin after bathing or shaving.

   Synonym: toilet water

   Coordinate terms: eau de Cologne, eau de parfum

   • 1987 October, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 1 February 2023:

     The perfume market has always been a two-tiered one, with a relatively small number of buyers of small bottles of real perfume and eau de parfum that cost large amounts of money, and a larger number of buyers of somewhat larger bottles of cologne and eau de toilette that are considerably more affordable but not always cheap.

• cologne
• perfume
• toilette

Borrowed from French eau de toilette.

• IPA^(key): /ˌoː də tʋɑˈlɛt/

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• Hyphenation: eau de toi‧let‧te

eau de toilette m or f (plural eau de toilettes or eaux de toilette, diminutive eau de toiletteje n)

1. eau de toilette

eau de toilette f (plural eaux de toilette)

1. eau de toilette, toilet water

• → Danish: eau de toilette
• → Dutch: eau de toilette
• → English: eau de toilette, → toilet water (calque)
• → German: Eau de Toilette