face powder

English

Noun

face powder (countable and uncountable, plural face powders)

1. A cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
        ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’

Translations

cosmetic

• Azerbaijani: ağarantı, kirşan
• Chinese:

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• Emilian: sìpria f (Mirandolese), sìperia f (Carpigiano)
• Finnish: kasvopuuteri, puuteri (fi)
• German: Gesichtspuder n, Puder (de) n
• Irish: snuaphúdar m, púdar snua m
• Italian: cipria (it) f
• Japanese: フェースパウダー (fēsupaudā)
• Kalmyk: ө (ö)
• Manx: poodyr eddin m
• Piedmontese: sipria f
• Romanian: pudră de față f
• Russian: пу́дра (ru) f (púdra)
• Swedish: ansiktspuder n, puder (sv) n