"eyeliner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eyeliners [plural]
Etymology: From eye + liner. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|eye|liner}} eye + liner Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} eyeliner (countable and uncountable, plural eyeliners)
  1. Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline. Wikipedia link: eyeliner Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cosmetics, Eye Synonyms: eye liner Related terms: kohl pencil Translations (makeup): oogomlyner (Afrikaans), очна линия (očna linija) (Bulgarian), perfilador d'ulls (Catalan), 眼線筆 /眼线笔 (yǎnxiànbǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 眼線膏 /眼线膏 (yǎnxiàngāo) (Chinese Mandarin), eyeliner [masculine] (Dutch), kontuurpliiats (Estonian), silmämeikki (Finnish), rajauskynä (Finnish), eyeliner [France] (French), ligneur [masculine] (French), pinceau-traceur [Quebec] (French), Lidstrich [masculine] (German), Kajal [neuter] (German), Eyeliner [masculine] (German), szemceruza (Hungarian), szemkihúzó (Hungarian), szemtus (Hungarian), eye-liner [masculine] (Italian), アイライナー (airainā) (Japanese), ប្រដាប់គូសភ្នែក (prɑɑdap-kuuh-phnɛɛk) (Khmer), крејон (krejon) [masculine] (Macedonian), kredka do oczu [feminine] (Polish), delineador (Portuguese), tuș de ochi [neuter] (Romanian), подво́дка для глаз (podvódka dlja glaz) [feminine] (Russian), ко́нтурный каранда́ш для глаз (kónturnyj karandáš dlja glaz) [masculine] (Russian), delineador [masculine] (Spanish), delineador ocular [masculine] (Spanish), lápiz de / para ojos / párpados [masculine] (Spanish), kajal (Swedish), eyeliner [common-gender] (Swedish), aylaynır (Turkish), eyeliner (Turkish), bút kẻ mắt (Vietnamese)

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подво́дка для глаз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kónturnyj karandáš dlja glaz",
      "sense": "makeup",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́нтурный каранда́ш для глаз"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "makeup",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delineador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "makeup",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delineador ocular"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "makeup",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lápiz de / para ojos / párpados"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "makeup",
      "word": "kajal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "makeup",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eyeliner"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "makeup",
      "word": "aylaynır"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "makeup",
      "word": "eyeliner"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "makeup",
      "word": "bút kẻ mắt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eyeliner"
}

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