war paint

war paint

See also: warpaint and war-paint

English

Noun

war paint (countable and uncountable, plural war paints)

1. Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.
2. (informal) cosmetics, makeup

Translations

pigment

Dutch: oorlogsverf f Estonian: sõjamaaling Finnish: sotamaalaus

French: peinture de guerre f German: Kriegsbemalung (de) f Russian: боева́я раскра́ска f (bojevája raskráska)

cosmetic makeup

French: peinturlure (fr) f, peinturlurage (fr) m