cosmetics

English

Assorted cosmetics and tools.

Etymology

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”).

Noun

cosmetics pl (plural only)

1. Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.

Noun

cosmetics (uncountable)

1. The study of such products.

Related terms

• cosmetic

Translations

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
• 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

• Catalan: cosmètica (ca) f
• Finnish: kosmetiikka (fi)
• French: cosmétique (fr) f
• German: Kosmetik (de) f
• Hungarian: kozmetika (hu)
• Polish: kosmetyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cosmética f
• Russian: косме́тика (ru) f (kosmétika)
• Spanish: cosmética (es) f