name
Meaning 1
A city and provincial capital in northwestern Algeria.
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
mascara
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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Australian: /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/
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Australian: /məsˈkɑːɹə/
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UK: /məˈskɑːɹə/
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US: /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/
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US: /ˌmæsˈkɛɹə/
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CMU ARPABET: M AE0 S K EH1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A province of Algeria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 3
A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- apply mascara
- put on mascara
- mascara runs
- mascara smudges
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To apply mascara to the eyelashes
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: makeup, make-up, war paint
History
Etymology
From Arabic مُعَسْكَر (muʕaskar, “encampment”), from عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “soldiers, army”).
From Italian maschera (“mask”).
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: معسكر (muʕaskar) — city
- French: Mascara — city
- Italian: Mascara — city
- Kabyle: ⵎⵄⴻⵙⴽⴻⵔ (mɛesker) — city
- Korean: 마스카라 (Maseukara) — city
- Korean: 마스카라 (Maseukara) — province
- Afrikaans: maskara — eyelash cosmetic
- Arabic: مَسْكَرَة (maskara) — eyelash cosmetic
- Arabic: رَقُّون (raqqūn) — eyelash cosmetic
- Bengali: মাস্কারা (maskara) — eyelash cosmetic
- Bulgarian: грим за мигли (grim za migli) — eyelash cosmetic
- Bulgarian: спирала (spirala) — eyelash cosmetic
- Catalan: rímel — eyelash cosmetic
- Chinese Cantonese: 睫毛液 — eyelash cosmetic
- Chinese Mandarin: 染睫毛油 (rǎn jiémáo yóu) — eyelash cosmetic
- Chinese Mandarin: 睫毛膏 (jiémáogāo) — eyelash cosmetic
- Czech: řasenka — eyelash cosmetic
- Danish: mascara — eyelash cosmetic
- Dutch: mascara — eyelash cosmetic
- Esperanto: okulŝminko — eyelash cosmetic
- Estonian: tušš — eyelash cosmetic
- Estonian: ripsmetušš — eyelash cosmetic
- Estonian: ripsmevärv — eyelash cosmetic
- Finnish: ripsiväri — eyelash cosmetic
- Finnish: maskara — eyelash cosmetic
- French: rimmel — eyelash cosmetic
- French: mascara — eyelash cosmetic
- French: ricil — eyelash cosmetic
- German: Wimperntusche — eyelash cosmetic
- German: Mascara — eyelash cosmetic
- German: Maskara — eyelash cosmetic
- Greek: μάσκαρα (máskara) — eyelash cosmetic
- Hindi: काजल (kājal) — eyelash cosmetic
- Hungarian: szempillafesték — eyelash cosmetic
- Hungarian: szempillaspirál — eyelash cosmetic
- Icelandic: maskari — eyelash cosmetic
- Indonesian: maskara — eyelash cosmetic
- Italian: mascara — eyelash cosmetic
- Italian: rimmel — eyelash cosmetic
- Japanese: マスカラ (masukara) — eyelash cosmetic
- Korean: 마스카라 (maseukara) — eyelash cosmetic
- Māori: taekamo — eyelash cosmetic
- Persian: ریمل (rimel) — eyelash cosmetic
- Polish: tusz do rzęs — eyelash cosmetic
- Polish: tusz — eyelash cosmetic
- Polish: maskara — eyelash cosmetic
- Portuguese: rímel — eyelash cosmetic
- Romanian: mascara — eyelash cosmetic
- Russian: тушь (tušʹ) — eyelash cosmetic
- Russian: тушь для ресни́ц (tušʹ dlja resníc) — eyelash cosmetic
- Spanish: rímel — eyelash cosmetic
- Spanish: máscara de pestañas — eyelash cosmetic
- Spanish: pestañina — eyelash cosmetic
- Turkish: maskara — eyelash cosmetic
- Turkish: rimel — eyelash cosmetic
- Ukrainian: туш (tuš) — eyelash cosmetic
- Vietnamese: thuốc bôi mi mắt — eyelash cosmetic