English
Etymology
From the verb phrase make up .
Pronunciation
Noun
makeup (usually uncountable , plural makeups )
( uncountable ) An item's composition .
To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup .
( uncountable ) Cosmetics ; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance .
She is wearing a lot of makeup .
( manufacturing ) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
2005 , William C. Whitman, William M. Johnson, John A. Tomczyk, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology , page 1208:
When the water level drops, the float ball drops with it and opens the valve to the makeup water supply.
( education ) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
Usage notes
The alternative spelling make-up is favored by the Oxford Dictionary and thus is often considered to be British, while makeup, being preferred by Merriam Webster's dictionary, is the generally accepted American spelling.[ 1]
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Translations
cosmetics
Afrikaans: plooipleister
Arabic: مَاكْيَاج m ( makyāj ) , بُنْيَة f ( bunya )
Gulf Arabic: مكياج m ( mikyāj )
Hijazi Arabic: مِكْياج m ( mikyāj )
Armenian: շպար (hy) ( špar ) , գրիմ (hy) ( grim )
Asturian: maquillaxe m
Azerbaijani: makiyaj , qrim
Belarusian: макія́ж m ( makijáž ) , грым m ( hrym )
Bulgarian: грим (bg) m ( grim )
Catalan: maquillatge m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 化妝 / 化妆 (zh) ( huàzhuāng ) , 化妆 (zh) ( huàzhuāng )
Danish: makeup , sminke
Dutch: schmink (nl) m , make-up (nl) m
Esperanto: ŝminko
Estonian: jumestus , meik ( colloquial ) , grimm ( performing arts and acting )
Finnish: meikki (fi) , pakkeli (fi) , ehoste (fi)
French: maquillage (fr) m
Galician: maquillaxe f
Georgian: მაკიაჟი ( maḳiaži )
German: Schminke (de) f , Make-up (de) n
Greek: μακιγιάζ (el) n ( makigiáz ) , μακιγιάρισμα (el) n ( makigiárisma )
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: smink (hu)
Icelandic: farði m , meik (is) n
Ido: fardo (io)
Irish: dreachadh m , smideadh m
Italian: trucco (it) m
Japanese: 化粧 (ja) ( けしょう, keshō ) , メイク ( meiku ) , メイクアップ ( meikuappu )
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Kazakh: макияж ( makiäj )
Khmer: គ្រឿងសំអាង ( krɨəng sɑmʼaang ) , សម្ភារៈមុខ ( sɑmphiərĕəʼmuk )
Korean: 화장 (ko) ( hwajang )
Kyrgyz: макияж (ky) ( makiyaj )
Latin: offūcia f
Latvian: grims m
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: шминка f ( šminka )
Maori: panipani , whakanako
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sminke m or f
Persian: آرایش (fa) ( ârâyeš ) , گریم (fa) ( grim ) , ماکیاژ ( mâkiyâž )
Polish: makijaż (pl) m
Portuguese: maquiagem (pt) f ( Brazil ) , maquilagem (pt) f ( Brazil ) , maquilhagem (pt) f
Romanian: machiaj (ro) n
Russian: макия́ж (ru) m ( makijáž ) , грим (ru) m ( grim ) , гримиро́вка (ru) f ( grimiróvka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шминка f
Roman: šminka (sh) f
Spanish: maquillaje (es) m , afeite (es)
Swahili: kipodozi (sw)
Swedish: smink (sv) n , kosmetika (sv) c , make-up (sv)
Thai: เครื่องสำอาง ( krʉ̂ʉang-sǎm-aang )
Tibetan: མཛེས་སྤྱད ( mdzes spyad )
Turkish: makyaj (tr)
Ukrainian: макія́ж m ( makijáž ) , грим m ( hrym )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
References
^ In reference with Jean-Claude Corbeil/Ariane Archambault: Visual Dictionary, Look up a Word from a Picture, Find the Picture from a Word. (New York, USA / Oxford, UK, 1987)
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