noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/kɒzˈmɛt.ɪks/
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Canada, US:/kɑzˈmɛt.ɪks/
Canada, US:[kɑzˈmɛɾ.ɪks]
Australian:/kɔzˈmet.ɪks/
Australian:[kɔzˈmeɾ.ɪks]
CMU ARPABET:K AA0 Z M EH1 T IH0 K S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
Near-synonyms: makeup, make-up; beauty products
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: makeup, make-up, beauty product
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The way something looks; superficial appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
Near-synonym: cosmesis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cosmesis
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The study of such products.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), from κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), an adjective of κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”).
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kozmetikë
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Arabic:
مُسْتَحْضَرَاتُ التَّجْمِيل
(mustaḥḍarātu t-tajmīl)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Armenian:
կոսմետիկա
(kosmetika)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Azerbaijani:
kosmetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Belarusian:
касме́тыка
(kasmjétyka)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Belarusian:
касмэ́тыка
(kasmétyka)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Bengali:
প্রসাধনী
(prośadhoni)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Bulgarian:
козме́тика
(kozmétika)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Burmese:
အလှကုန်
(a.hla.kun)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Burmese:
အလှကုန်များ
(a.hla.kunmya:)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Catalan:
cosmètica
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Chinese Cantonese:
化妝品 /化妆品
(faa3 zong1 ban2)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Chinese:
化妝品 /化妆品
(hòa-chong-phín)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Chinese Mandarin:
化妝品 /化妆品
(huàzhuāngpǐn)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Czech:
kosmetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Czech:
šminky
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Danish:
kosmetik
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Dutch:
cosmetica
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Estonian:
kosmeetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Finnish:
ehostus
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Finnish:
kosmetiikka
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
French:
cosmétique
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Georgian:
კოსმეტიკა
(ḳosmeṭiḳa)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
German:
Kosmetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Greek:
καλλυντικά
(kallyntiká)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Hebrew:
קוֹסמֵטִיקָה
(kosmétika)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Hindi:
सौंदर्य प्रसाधन
(saundarya prasādhan)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Hindi:
सौन्दर्य प्रसाधन
(saundarya prasādhan)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Hungarian:
kozmetikum
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Hungarian:
szépítőszer
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Icelandic:
snyrtivörur
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Indonesian:
kosmetik
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Irish:
cosmaid
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Irish:
cosmaidí
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Italian:
cosmetica
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Italian:
cosmesi
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Japanese:
化粧品
(keshōhin)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Kazakh:
опа-далап
(opa-dalap)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Kazakh:
косметика
(kosmetika)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Khmer:
គ្រឿងសំអាង
(krɨəng sɑmʼaang)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Korean:
화장품
(hwajangpum)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Northern Kurdish:
kozmetîk
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Kyrgyz:
косметика
(kosmetika)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Lao:
ເຄື່ອງສໍາອາງ
(khư̄ang sam ʼāng)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Latvian:
kosmētika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Lithuanian:
kosmetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Macedonian:
козметика
(kozmetika)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Malay:
kosmetik
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Mongolian:
гоо сайхны бүтээгдэхүүн
(goo sajxny büteegdexüün)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Mongolian:
гоо сайхны хэрэгсэл
(goo sajxny xeregsel)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Norwegian Bokmål:
kosmetikk
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kosmetikk
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Pashto:
سينګار
(singār)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Iranian Persian:
لَوازِمِ آرایِشی
(lavâzem-e ârâyeši)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Iranian Persian:
آرایِش
(ârâyeš)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Iranian Persian:
کُسْماتیک
(kosmâtik)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Polish:
kosmetyka
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Portuguese:
cosméticos
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Romanian:
cosmetică
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Russian:
косме́тика
(kosmétika)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Serbo-Croatian:
козмѐтика
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Serbo-Croatian:
kozmètika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Sinhalese:
විලවුන්
(wilawun)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Slovak:
kozmetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Slovene:
kozmetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Spanish:
cosmético
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Spanish:
cosméticos
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Swahili:
kipodozi
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Swedish:
kosmetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Tagalog:
kosmetiko
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Tajik:
косметика
(kosmetika)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Thai:
เครื่องสําอาง
(krʉ̂ʉang-sǎm-aang)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Turkish:
kozmetik
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Turkmen:
kosmetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Ukrainian:
косме́тика
(kosmétyka)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Urdu:
سِن٘گھار کے سامان
(siṅghār ke sāmān)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Uyghur:
گىرىم بۇيۇمى
(girim buyumi)
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Uzbek:
kosmetika
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Vietnamese:
mĩ phẩm
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Vietnamese:
mỹ phẩm
— preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Catalan:
cosmètica
— study of such products
Finnish:
kosmetiikka
— study of such products
French:
cosmétique
— study of such products
German:
Kosmetik
— study of such products
Hungarian:
kozmetika
— study of such products
Italian:
cosmesi
— study of such products
Italian:
cosmetica
— study of such products
Polish:
kosmetyka
— study of such products
Portuguese:
cosmética
— study of such products
Russian:
косме́тика
(kosmétika)
— study of such products
