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.

   apply mascara

   put on mascara

   mascara runs

   mascara smudges

Translations

eyelash cosmetic

• Afrikaans: maskara
• 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 (hu)
• 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, tusz (pl) m, maskara (pl) f
• 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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məsˈka.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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.

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

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.

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

• marasca

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

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)