cosmetics

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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”).

cosmetics pl (plural only)

Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.
The way something looks; superficial appearance.
- 2004, Lewis Sorley, Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972, page 194:
  In the great fishbowl that we're doing everything in it's kind of unfortunate, but the cosmetics of the thing are more important than what's accomplished — in a great many ways.

cosmetics (uncountable)

preparations to change or enhance the beauty

Arabic: مُسْتَحْضَرَات اَلتَّجْمِيل f pl (mustaḥḍarāt at-tajmīl)
Armenian: կոսմետիկա (hy) (kosmetika)
Belarusian: касме́тыка f (kasmjétyka), касмэ́тыка f (kasmétyka)
Bulgarian: козметика (bg) f (kozmetika)
Catalan: cosmètica (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 化妝品／化妆品 (faa³ zong¹ ban²)

Mandarin: 化妝品／化妆品 (zh) (huàzhuāngpǐn)
Czech: kosmetika f, šminky pl
Finnish: ehostus (fi), kosmetiikka (fi)
French: cosmétique (fr) m
Georgian: კოსმეტიკა (ḳosmeṭiḳa)
German: Kosmetika (de) f pl
Greek: καλλυντικά (el) n pl (kallyntiká)
Hungarian: kozmetikum (hu), szépítőszer (hu)
Japanese: 化粧品 (ja) (けしょうひん, keshōhin)
Kazakh: опа-далап (opa-dalap), косметика (kosmetika)
Korean: 화장품(化粧品) (ko) (hwajangpum)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kosmetikk m

Nynorsk: kosmetikk m
Polish: kosmetyka (pl) f, kosmetyki f pl
Portuguese: cosméticos m pl
Russian: косме́тика (ru) f (kosmétika)
Spanish: cosmético (es) m, cosméticos (es) m
Swedish: kosmetika (sv) c
Turkish: kozmetik (tr)
Ukrainian: косме́тика f (kosmétyka)
Vietnamese: mĩ phẩm

study of such products