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mascara en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/ (Australia)
  • /məsˈkɑːɹə/ (Australia)
  • /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/ (US)
  • /ˌmæsˈkɛɹə/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /məˈskɑːɹə/ (UK)

Etymology

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

Meanings

  1. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mascaras Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

browcara · manscara

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)

mascara en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/ (Australia)
  • /məsˈkɑːɹə/ (Australia)
  • /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/ (US)
  • /ˌmæsˈkɛɹə/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /məˈskɑːɹə/ (UK)

Etymology

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

Meanings

  1. To apply mascara to the eyelashes

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mascaras Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mascaraing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mascaraed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mascaraed Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

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