mascara

Italian maschera (“mask”).

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/, /məsˈkɑːɹə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈskɑːɹə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/

mascara (countable and uncountable, plural mascaras)

1. A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

   apply mascara

   put on mascara

   mascara runs

   mascara smudges

mascara (third-person singular simple present mascaras, present participle mascaraing, simple past and past participle mascaraed)

1. To apply mascara to the eyelashes

• mask

• Camaras, maracas, marasca

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *mask- (“black, stained”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məsˈka.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /masˈka.ɾa/

mascara f (plural mascares)

1. soot
2. stain
3. sooty mold

   Synonym: fumagina

• emmascarar
• mascarell

• “mascara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

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• Hyphenation: mas‧ca‧ra

mascara f or m (plural mascara's, diminutive mascaraatje n)

1. mascara

Borrowed from Italian mascara.

• IPA^(key): /mas.ka.ʁa/

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mascara m (plural mascaras)

1. mascara

• “mascara”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

See maschera

mascara m (invariable)

1. mascara

   Synonym: rimmel

• marasca

mascara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of mascar
2. inflection of mascarar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مسقره‎ (maskara).

mascara f (plural mascarale)

1. derision, ridicule, mocking
2. (dated) clown

mascara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of mascar

• maskara

mascara c

1. mascara

• mascara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mascara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)