"cosmetics" meaning in English

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Noun

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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|cosmétique}} French cosmétique, {{der|en|grc|κοσμητική||the art of dress and ornament}} Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), {{m|grc|κοσμητικός}} κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), {{m|grc|κοσμέω||to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish}} κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} cosmetics pl (plural only)
  1. Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Cosmetics
    Sense id: en-cosmetics-en-noun-P5AS~icz Disambiguation of Cosmetics: 28 34 38
  2. The way something looks; superficial appearance. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Cosmetics
    Sense id: en-cosmetics-en-noun-F4qlKa~R Disambiguation of Cosmetics: 28 34 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 48 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 49 20 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 33 47 19

Noun

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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|cosmétique}} French cosmétique, {{der|en|grc|κοσμητική||the art of dress and ornament}} Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), {{m|grc|κοσμητικός}} κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), {{m|grc|κοσμέω||to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish}} κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cosmetics (uncountable)
  1. The study of such products. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Cosmetics Related terms: cosmetic Translations (preparations to change or enhance the beauty): مُسْتَحْضَرَات اَلتَّجْمِيل (mustaḥḍarāt at-tajmīl) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), կոսմետիկա (kosmetika) (Armenian), касме́тыка (kasmjétyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), касмэ́тыка (kasmétyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), козметика (kozmetika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cosmètica [feminine] (Catalan), 化妝品 (Chinese Cantonese), 化妆品 (faa³ zong¹ ban²) (Chinese Cantonese), 化妝品 (Chinese Mandarin), 化妆品 (huàzhuāngpǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), kosmetika [feminine] (Czech), šminky [plural] (Czech), ehostus (Finnish), kosmetiikka (Finnish), cosmétique [masculine] (French), კოსმეტიკა (ḳosmeṭiḳa) (Georgian), Kosmetika [feminine, plural] (German), καλλυντικά (kallyntiká) [neuter, plural] (Greek), kozmetikum (Hungarian), szépítőszer (Hungarian), 化粧品 (keshōhin) (alt: けしょうひん) (Japanese), опа-далап (opa-dalap) (Kazakh), косметика (kosmetika) (Kazakh), 화장품 (hwajangpum) (alt: 化粧品) (Korean), kosmetikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kosmetikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kosmetyka [feminine] (Polish), kosmetyki [feminine, plural] (Polish), cosméticos [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), косме́тика (kosmétika) [feminine] (Russian), cosmético [masculine] (Spanish), cosméticos [masculine] (Spanish), kosmetika [common-gender] (Swedish), kozmetik (Turkish), косме́тика (kosmétyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mĩ phẩm (Vietnamese) Translations (study of such products): cosmètica [feminine] (Catalan), kosmetiikka (Finnish), cosmétique [feminine] (French), Kosmetik [feminine] (German), kozmetika (Hungarian), kosmetyka [feminine] (Polish), cosmética [feminine] (Portuguese), косме́тика (kosmétika) [feminine] (Russian), cosmética [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cosmetics-en-noun-fn0fUIh~ Disambiguation of Cosmetics: 28 34 38

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}

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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "化妝品"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "faa³ zong¹ ban²",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "化妆品"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "化妝品"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàzhuāngpǐn",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "化妆品"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kosmetika"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
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      "word": "šminky"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "ehostus"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "kosmetiikka"
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      "word": "cosmétique"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "კოსმეტიკა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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        "plural"
      ],
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        "plural"
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      "word": "καλλυντικά"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "kozmetikum"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "szépítőszer"
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      "alt": "けしょうひん",
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      "alt": "化粧品",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwajangpum",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "화장품"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kosmetyka"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
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        "plural"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "косме́тика"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cosméticos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kosmetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "kozmetik"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kosmétyka",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "косме́тика"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "preparations to change or enhance the beauty",
      "word": "mĩ phẩm"
    },
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      ],
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "cosmétique"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Kosmetik"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "study of such products",
      "word": "kozmetika"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "study of such products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kosmetyka"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "study of such products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "study of such products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "es",
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    "cosmetics"
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}

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