Mascara

See also: mascara, mascará, máscara, and màscara

English edit

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Mascara, Algeria

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Etymology edit

From Arabic مُعَسْكَر (muʕaskar, “encampment”), from عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “soldiers, army”).

Proper noun edit

Mascara

A city and provincial capital in northwestern Algeria.
A province of Algeria

Translations edit

city

Arabic: معسكر (muʕaskar)
French: Mascara (fr)
Kabyle: ⵎⵄⴻⵙⴽⴻⵔ (mɛesker)

province

Anagrams edit

Camaras, maracas, marasca

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Maskara (less common)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English mascara with a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /masˈkaːra/
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Noun edit

Mascara f (genitive Mascara, plural Mascaras) or
Mascara m (strong, genitive Mascaras or Mascara, plural Mascaras)

(neologism, especially advertising) Synonym of Wimperntusche (“mascara”)

Declension edit

Declension of Mascara [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mascara	die	Mascaras
genitive	einer	der	Mascara	der	Mascaras
dative	einer	der	Mascara	den	Mascaras
accusative	eine	die	Mascara	die	Mascaras

Declension of Mascara [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mascara	die	Mascaras
genitive	eines	des	Mascaras, Mascara	der	Mascaras
dative	einem	dem	Mascara	den	Mascaras
accusative	einen	den	Mascara	die	Mascaras