make-up

See also: makeup, make up, and Make-up

English

Etymology

Deverbal from make up.

Noun

make-up (usually uncountable, plural make-ups)

1. Alternative spelling of makeup. See usage notes there.
   • 1961 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 760:

     From Whitemoor, left at 6.45 p.m., the train's make-up usually includes also some Continental ferry wagons, originating from Harwich.

Derived terms

• make-up artist
• make-up remover

 

Adjective

make-up (not comparable)

1. Made-up, false, imaginary, fabricated.
2. (informal) Of or relating to a reconciliation.

   Joe and Joanne had a big fight, and then apologized and had incredible make-up sex.

Derived terms

• make-up friend
• make-up kiss
• make-up sex

 

Translations

fabricated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捏造 (zh) (niēzào), 和解 (zh) (héjiě)

• Finnish: vale-
• Russian: фальши́вый (ru) (falʹšívyj)

re reconciliation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 和解 (zh) (héjiě)

• Finnish: sovinto-
• Russian: примири́тельный (ru) (primirítelʹnyj)

References

• “make*up”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• upmake

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English make-up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmej.kap/

Noun

make-up n (plural make-upuri)

1. make-up

Declension

Declension of make-up

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) make-up	make-upul	(niște) make-upuri	make-upurile
genitive/dative	(unui) make-up	make-upului	(unor) make-upuri	make-upurilor
vocative	make-upule		make-upurilor