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Assorted cosmetics and tools. From French cosmétique 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 .
Near-synonyms: makeup make-up beauty products The way something looks; superficial appearance.
Coordinate terms: aesthetics aesthesis esthetics esthesis optics ( figurative sense ) Near-synonym: cosmesis 2004 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
The study of such products. preparations to change or enhance the beauty
Albanian: kozmetikë (sq) f
Arabic: مُسْتَحْضَرَاتُ التَّجْمِيل f pl ( mustaḥḍarātu t-tajmīl )
Armenian: կոսմետիկա (hy) ( kosmetika )
Azerbaijani: kosmetika
Belarusian: касме́тыка f ( kasmjétyka ) , касмэ́тыка f ( kasmétyka )
Bengali: প্রসাধনী (bn) ( prośadhoni )
Bulgarian: козме́тика (bg) f ( kozmétika )
Burmese: အလှကုန် (my) ( a.hla.kun ) , အလှကုန်များ ( a.hla.kunmya: )
Catalan: cosmètica (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 化妝品 / 化妆品 ( faa3 zong1 ban2 )
Hokkien: 化妝品 / 化妆品 ( hòa-chong-phín )
Mandarin: 化妝品 / 化妆品 (zh) ( huàzhuāngpǐn )
Czech: kosmetika f šminky pl
Danish: kosmetik c
Dutch: cosmetica (nl) m or f
Estonian: kosmeetika
Finnish: ehostus (fi) , kosmetiikka (fi)
French: cosmétique (fr) m
Georgian: კოსმეტიკა ( ḳosmeṭiḳa )
German: Kosmetika (de) f pl
Greek: καλλυντικά (el) n pl ( kallyntiká )
Hebrew: קוֹסמֵטִיקָה f ( kosmétika )
Hindi: सौंदर्य प्रसाधन m ( saundarya prasādhan ) , सौन्दर्य प्रसाधन m ( saundarya prasādhan )
Hungarian: kozmetikum (hu) , szépítőszer (hu)
Icelandic: snyrtivörur f pl
Indonesian: kosmetik (id)
Irish: cosmaid f cosmaidí pl
Italian: cosmetica (it) f cosmesi (it) f
Japanese: 化粧品 (ja) ( けしょうひん, keshōhin )
Kazakh: опа-далап ( opa-dalap ) , косметика ( kosmetika )
Khmer: គ្រឿងសំអាង ( krɨəng sɑmʼaang )
Korean: 화장품(化粧品) (ko) ( hwajangpum )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kozmetîk
Kyrgyz: косметика ( kosmetika )
Lao: ເຄື່ອງສຳອາງ ( khư̄ang sam ʼāng )
Latvian: kosmētika f
Lithuanian: kosmetika f
Macedonian: козметика f ( kozmetika )
Malay: kosmetik (ms)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гоо сайхны бүтээгдэхүүн ( goo sajxny büteegdexüün ) , гоо сайхны хэрэгсэл ( goo sajxny xeregsel )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kosmetikk m
Nynorsk: kosmetikk m
Pashto: سينګار m ( singār )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: لَوازِمِ آرایِشی ( lavâzem-e ârâyeši ) , آرایِش (fa) ( ârâyeš ) , کُسْماتیک ( kosmâtik )
Polish: kosmetyka (pl) f
Portuguese: cosméticos m pl
Romanian: cosmetică (ro) f
Russian: косме́тика (ru) f ( kosmétika )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: козмѐтика f
Latin: kozmètika (sh) f
Sinhalese: විලවුන් ( wilawun )
Slovak: kozmetika (sk) f
Slovene: kozmetika f
Spanish: cosmético (es) m cosméticos (es) m
Swahili: kipodozi (sw) class VII
Swedish: kosmetika (sv) c
Tagalog: kosmetiko
Tajik: косметика ( kosmetika )
Thai: เครื่องสำอาง (th) ( krʉ̂ʉang-sǎm-aang )
Turkish: kozmetik (tr)
Turkmen: kosmetika
Ukrainian: косме́тика f ( kosmétyka )
Urdu: سِن٘گھار کے سامان m ( siṅghār ke sāmān )
Uyghur: گىرىم بۇيۇمى ( girim buyumi )
Uzbek: kosmetika (uz)
Vietnamese: mĩ phẩm mỹ phẩm (vi)
