make-up

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

English

Etymology

Deverbal from make up.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /mæɪkˈɐp/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

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)

Verb

make-up (third-person singular simple present make-ups, present participle make-upping or make-uping, simple past and past participle make-upped or make-uped)

1. Rare form of make up (“to put makeup on”).
   • 1922 March 22, “Belles Tint Faces to Match Gown Colors”, in The China Press, volume XII, number 3261, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 12, column 3:

     Orange, mauve, and cobalt blue are three favorite shades now employed by the woman who desires to “make-up” her face, according to the approved beauty standards.

   • 1999, Steve Rideout, “Tiddlywinks”, in Don’t Go Up a Windmill: Poems, Blue Springs, Mo.: Blue Windmill Books, →ISBN, page 84:

     And shame at what you thought was fard! It’s only make-upping your face.

   • 2005 February, Allison Rushby, Hating Valentine’s Day, Don Mills, Ont.: Red Dress Ink, →ISBN, page 305:

     The make-up artist stops make-upping.

   • 2011, Gemma Burgess, chapter 10, in A Girl Like You, London: Avon, →ISBN, page 93:

     As we’re in the bathroom side-by-side, silently make-upping, Sophie turns to me.

   • 2013, Robin Shope, chapter 31, in Wynn in the Willows, Aztec, N.M.: White Rose Publishing, published 2014, →ISBN:

     After showering, blow drying, make-uping, powdering, and brushing, she put the dress on and stood again in the front of the mirror.

   • 2013 July, Kelly Younger, “The Debutante Ball & The Lucky Spot”, in Henley in an Hour, Hanover, N.H.: In an Hour Books, →ISBN, page 26:

     Like Carnelle in The Miss Firecracker Contest, Teddy will attempt to transform herself on the outside by shaving, plucking, dressing, make-uping, and acting like a lady.

References

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

Anagrams

• upmake

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English make-up.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

make-up m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. makeup (cosmetics)

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Polish

make-up sense 1

make-upy sense 2

Alternative forms

• make up

Etymology

Etymology tree

English make updeverb.

English make-upubor.

Polish make-up

Unadapted borrowing from English make-up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛjˈkap/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: ma‧ke-up

Noun

make-up m inan (indeclinable)

2. (uncountable, cosmetics) makeup (cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance)

   Synonym: makijaż

   Antonym: demakijaż

4. (countable, cosmetics) foundation (cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture)

   Synonyms: fluid, podkład

   Hypernym: kosmetyk

Declension

Declension of make-up

	singular	plural
nominative	make-up	make-upy
genitive	make-upu	make-upów
dative	make-upowi	make-upom
accusative	make-up	make-upy
instrumental	make-upem	make-upami
locative	make-upie	make-upach
vocative	make-upie	make-upy

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• “make-up”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “make-up”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English make-up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmej.kap/

Noun

make-up n (plural make-upuri)

1. make-up

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	make-up	make-upul	make-upuri	make-upurile
genitive-dative	make-up	make-upului	make-upuri	make-upurilor
vocative	make-upule		make-upurilor