mascara en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/ (Australia)
- /məsˈkɑːɹə/ (Australia)
- /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/ (US)
- /ˌmæsˈkɛɹə/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /məˈskɑːɹə/ (UK)
Etymology
From Italian maschera (“mask”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.
mascara smudges
mascara runs
With her rouged cheeks, silver lipcoat and mascara she might have been any girl after an hour at her mother's dressing table.
2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 157:There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.
2007, James Burr, Ugly Stories for Beautiful People, page 45:put on mascara
apply mascara
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mascaras | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (51)
hi काजल (eyelash cosmetic) · pl maskara (eyelash cosmetic) · es pestañina (eyelash cosmetic) · ca rímel (eyelash cosmetic) · et ripsmevärv (eyelash cosmetic) · ko 마스카라 (eyelash cosmetic) · fi ripsiväri (eyelash cosmetic) · cs řasenka (eyelash cosmetic) · pt rímel (eyelash cosmetic) · fi maskara (eyelash cosmetic) · is maskari (eyelash cosmetic) · et ripsmetušš (eyelash cosmetic) · id maskara (eyelash cosmetic) · ru тушь для ресни́ц (eyelash cosmetic) · ja マスカラ (eyelash cosmetic) · da mascara (eyelash cosmetic) · de Mascara (eyelash cosmetic) · yue 睫毛液 (eyelash cosmetic) · cmn 染睫毛油 (eyelash cosmetic) · fr rimmel (eyelash cosmetic) · it rimmel (eyelash cosmetic) · fr mascara (eyelash cosmetic) · tr maskara (eyelash cosmetic) · eo okulŝminko (eyelash cosmetic) · es rímel (eyelash cosmetic) · it mascara (eyelash cosmetic) · bg спирала (eyelash cosmetic) · fr ricil (eyelash cosmetic) · pl tusz (eyelash cosmetic) · hu szempillafesték (eyelash cosmetic) · ro mascara (eyelash cosmetic) · af maskara (eyelash cosmetic) · ru тушь (eyelash cosmetic) · tr rimel (eyelash cosmetic) · es máscara de pestañas (eyelash cosmetic) · et tušš (eyelash cosmetic) · uk туш (eyelash cosmetic) · bg грим за мигли (eyelash cosmetic) · ar رَقُّون (eyelash cosmetic) · de Maskara (eyelash cosmetic) · pl tusz do rzęs (eyelash cosmetic) · vi thuốc bôi mi mắt (eyelash cosmetic) · el μάσκαρα (eyelash cosmetic) · de Wimperntusche (eyelash cosmetic) · nl mascara (eyelash cosmetic) · mi taekamo (eyelash cosmetic) · hu szempillaspirál (eyelash cosmetic) · fa ریمل (eyelash cosmetic) · cmn 睫毛膏 (eyelash cosmetic) · ar مَسْكَرَة (eyelash cosmetic) · bn মাস্কারা (eyelash cosmetic)