mascara

mascara

See also: Mascara, mascará, máscara, and màscara

English

Etymology

Italian maschera (“mask”).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/, /məsˈkɑːɹə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈskɑːɹə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/

Noun

mascara (countable and uncountable, plural mascaras)

1. A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

Translations

eyelash cosmetic

Bengali: মাস্কারা (bn) (maskara) Bulgarian: грим за мигли m (grim za migli) Catalan: rímel (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 睫毛液 Mandarin: 染睫毛油 (rǎn jiémáo yóu), 睫毛膏 (zh) (jiémáogāo) Czech: řasenka f Danish: mascara (da) Dutch: mascara (nl) m or f Finnish: ripsiväri (fi), maskara (fi) French: rimmel (fr) m, mascara (fr) m, ricil (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Wimperntusche (de) f; (neologism also) Mascara (de), Maskara f or m Greek: μάσκαρα (el) (máskara) Hindi: काजल (hi) m (kājal) Hungarian: szempillafesték (hu), szempillaspirál Icelandic: maskari m Indonesian: maskara (id) Italian: mascara (it) m, rimmel m Japanese: マスカラ (masukara) Korean: 마스카라 (ko) (maseukara) Maori: taekamo Persian: ریمل‎ (fa) (rimel) Polish: tusz do rzęs (pl) m Portuguese: rímel (pt) m Romanian: mascara (ro) f Russian: тушь (ru) f (tušʹ) (для ресни́ц), тушь для ресни́ц f (tušʹ dlja resníc) Spanish: rímel (es) m, máscara de pestañas f, (Colombia) pestañina f Turkish: maskara (tr), rimel (tr) Ukrainian: туш (uk) f (tuš) Vietnamese: thuốc bôi mi mắt

Verb

mascara (third-person singular simple present mascaras, present participle mascaraing, simple past and past participle mascaraed)

1. To apply mascara to the eyelashes

Related terms

• mask

Anagrams

• Camaras, maracas, marasca

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Catalan

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *mask- (“black, stained”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məsˈka.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /masˈka.ɾa/

Noun

mascara f (plural mascares)

1. soot
2. stain
3. sooty mold

   Synonym: fumagina

Derived terms

• emmascarar
• mascarell

Further reading

• “mascara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mas‧ca‧ra

Noun

mascara f or m (plural mascara's, diminutive mascaraatje n)

1. mascara

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mascara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ka.ʁa/

• Audio

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Noun

mascara m (plural mascaras)

1. mascara

Further reading

• “mascara”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

See maschera

Noun

mascara m (invariable)

1. mascara

   Synonym: rimmel

Anagrams

• marasca

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Portuguese

Verb

mascara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of mascar
2. inflection of mascarar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مسقره‎ (maskara).

Noun

mascara f (plural mascarale)

1. derision, ridicule, mocking
2. (dated) clown

Declension

Declension of mascara

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) mascara	[[{{{def}}}#Romanian|{{{def}}}]]	(niște) mascarale	mascaralele
genitive/dative	(unei) mascarale	mascaralei	(unor) mascarale	mascaralelor
vocative	—		—

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Spanish

Verb

mascara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of mascar

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• maskara

Noun

mascara c

1. mascara

Declension

Declension of mascara
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mascara	mascaran	mascaror	mascarorna
Genitive	mascaras	mascarans	mascarors	mascarornas

References

• mascara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mascara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)