mascara

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See also: Mascara, mascará, máscara, and màscara

English

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Etymology

Italian maschera (“mask”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mascara (countable and uncountable, plural mascaras)

  1. A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.
    apply mascara
    put on mascara
    mascara runs
    mascara smudges

Translations

Verb

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

  1. To apply mascara to the eyelashes

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mascara f (plural mascares)

  1. soot
  2. stain
  3. sooty mold
    Synonym: fumagina

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

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Etymology

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mas‧ca‧ra

Noun

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

  1. mascara

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mascara.

Pronunciation

Noun

mascara m (plural mascaras)

  1. mascara

Further reading

Galician

Verb

mascara

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of mascar

Italian

Etymology

See maschera

Noun

mascara m (invariable)

  1. mascara
    Synonym: rimmel

Anagrams

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

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}}} (niște) mascarale mascaralele
genitive/dative (unei) mascarale mascaralei (unor) mascarale mascaralelor
vocative — —

Spanish

Verb

mascara

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

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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

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