Mascara

See also: mascara, mascará, máscara, and màscara

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Mascara

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

Translations

city

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

province

Anagrams

• Camaras, maracas, marasca

German

Alternative forms

• Maskara (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from English mascara with a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˈkaːra/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

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

Declension

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