cosmetic

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• Australian: /kɔzˈmet.ɪk/
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• Australian: [kɔzˈmeɾ.ɪk]
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From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), from κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, director, decorator”), from κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”), from κόσμος (kósmos, “order”). By surface analysis, cosmos + -etic.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَجْمِيلِيّ (tajmīliyy) — imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion
• Bulgarian: козметичен (kozmetičen) — imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion
• Cornish: kosmetek — imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion
• Kazakh: косметикалық (kosmetikalyq) — imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion
• Māori: whakapaipai — imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion
• Polish: kosmetyczny — imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion
• Russian: космети́ческий (kosmetíčeskij) — imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion
• Arabic: تَجْمِيلِيّ (tajmīliyy) — external or superficial
• Bulgarian: козметичен (kozmetičen) — external or superficial
• Catalan: cosmètic — external or superficial
• Cornish: kosmetek — external or superficial
• Czech: kosmetický — external or superficial
• Finnish: kosmeettinen — external or superficial
• German: kosmetisch — external or superficial
• Hungarian: kozmetikai — external or superficial
• Norwegian Bokmål: kosmetisk — external or superficial
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kosmetisk — external or superficial
• Polish: powierzchowny — external or superficial
• Portuguese: cosmético — external or superficial
• Russian: космети́ческий (kosmetíčeskij) — external or superficial
• Spanish: cosmético — external or superficial
• Spanish: superficial — external or superficial
• Bulgarian: козме́тика (kozmétika) — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Catalan: cosmètic — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Czech: kosmetika — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Finnish: kosmetiikka — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• French: cosmétique — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• French: cosmétiques — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• German: Kosmetikum — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• German: Kosmetik — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• German: Hautverschönerungsmittel — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Greek: καλλυντικό (kallyntikó) — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Hungarian: kozmetikum — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Hungarian: szépítőszer — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Latin: offūcia — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Iranian Persian: کُسْماتیک (kosmâtik) — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Polish: kosmetyk — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Portuguese: cosmético — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Russian: косме́тика (kosmétika) — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Spanish: cosmético — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Spanish: afeite — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Swedish: kosmetik — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Tagalog: kosmetiko — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Vietnamese: mỹ phẩm — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Volapük: jönamed — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Volapük: jönameds — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Volapük: jönamedem — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin
• Yiddish: קאָסמעטיק (kosmetik) — any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin