name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Kohl
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊl/
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Received-Pronunciation: /kɔʊl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /koʊl/
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homophone: coal
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homophone: cole
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rhymes with -əʊl
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CMU ARPABET: K OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A dark powder, usually powdered stibnite (an antimony ore), used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eyeliner, makeup, cosmetic
verb
Meaning 3
To decorate one's eyes with kohl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 4
a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: makeup, make-up, war paint
History
Etymology
From the German surname, from Kohl (“cabbage”). Compare Koehl, Cole, Coll, Kail, Kale.
From Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “antimony; kohl, stibnite (powdered antimony)”). Doublet of alcohol and alcool.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: ithmid — makeup
- Amharic: ኩል (kul) — makeup
- Arabic: كُحْل (kuḥl) — makeup
- Bengali: কাজল (kajol) — makeup
- Bengali: সুরমা (śuroma) — makeup
- Catalan: alcofoll — makeup
- Dhivehi: އަނދުން (andun̊) — makeup
- Dutch: kohl — makeup
- Finnish: kajaali — makeup
- French: khôl — makeup
- German: Kajal — makeup
- Ancient Greek: στίβι (stíbi) — makeup
- Ancient Greek: στίμμι (stímmi) — makeup
- Ancient Greek: λάρβασον (lárbason) — makeup
- Hebrew: כֹּחַל (kóẖal) — makeup
- Hindi: सुरमा (surmā) — makeup
- Hindi: अंजन (añjan) — makeup
- Hindi: काजल (kājal) — makeup
- Northern Kurdish: kil — makeup
- Persian: سرمه (sorma) — makeup
- Polish: kohl — makeup
- Russian: сурьма́ (surʹmá) — makeup
- Russian: кра́ска для век (kráska dlja vek) — makeup
- Russian: кайал (kajál) — makeup
- Spanish: antimonita — makeup
- Tamil: மை (mai) — makeup
- Turkish: sürme — makeup
- Turkish: rastık — makeup
- Turkish: is — makeup
- Ottoman Turkish: عصام (ʼısam) — makeup
- Urdu: سرمہ (surma) — makeup
- Urdu: کاجل (kājal) — makeup
- Urdu: انجن (anjan) — makeup
- Yoruba: tìróò — makeup