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Someone who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonyms: hairstylist, hairdresser
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aesthetician, esthetician, cosmetician, cosmetologist, hairstylist, hairdresser
Antonyms: none provided
someone who works in a beauty parlor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cosmetician
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer
Narrower terms: manicurist
Blend of beauty + technician, originally coined in Cleveland, Ohio, c. 1920s.
Across languages
Translations 38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian :
касмето́лаг
(kasmjetólah)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Bulgarian :
козмети́к
(kozmetík)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Bulgarian :
козмети́чка
(kozmetíčka)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Catalan :
estetista
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Catalan :
esteticista
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Chinese Mandarin :
美容師 /美容师
(měiróngshī)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Czech :
kosmetik
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Czech :
kosmetička
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Dutch :
schoonheidsspecialist
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Dutch :
schoonheidsspecialiste
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Finnish :
kauneudenhoitaja
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
French :
esthéticien
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
French :
esthéticienne
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
German :
Kosmetiker
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
German :
Kosmetikerin
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
German :
Schönheitspfleger
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
German :
Schönheitspflegerin
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Greek :
αισθητικός
(aisthitikós)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Hungarian :
kozmetikus
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Irish :
sciamhlann
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Japanese :
美容師
(biyōshi)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Korean :
미용사
(miyongsa)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Luxembourgish :
Estheticien
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Luxembourgish :
Estheticienne
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Macedonian :
козметичар
(kozmetičar)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Macedonian :
козметичарка
(kozmetičarka)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Polish :
kosmetyk
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Polish :
kosmetyczka
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Portuguese :
esteticista
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Romanian :
cosmetician
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Romanian :
cosmeticiană
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Romanian :
estetician
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Romanian :
esteticiană
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Russian :
космето́лог
(kosmetólog)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Russian :
космети́чка
(kosmetíčka)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Spanish :
esteticista
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Swedish :
kosmetolog
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
Ukrainian :
космето́лог
(kosmetóloh)
— one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments
