war paint

See also: warpaint and war-paint

English

Noun

war paint (countable and uncountable, plural war paints)

1. Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.
2. (informal) Cosmetics, makeup.

Translations

pigment

• Dutch: oorlogsverf f
• Estonian: sõjamaaling
• Finnish: sotamaalaus
• French: peinture de guerre f
• German: Kriegsbemalung (de) f
• Russian: боева́я раскра́ска f (bojevája raskráska)

cosmetic makeup

• French: peinturlure (fr) f, peinturlurage (fr) m
• Spanish: potingue (es) m (colloquial; referring esp. to creams; more often in plural.)