makeup

See also: make up, make-up, and Make-up

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English

Alternative forms

• make-up

Etymology

From the verb phrase make up.

Pronunciation

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Noun

makeup (usually uncountable, plural makeups)

1. (uncountable) An item's composition.

   To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.

2. (uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.

   She is wearing a lot of makeup.

3. (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.

4. (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.

Synonyms

• (composition): configuration, constitution, form; see also Thesaurus:composition
• (cosmetics): beauty products, cosmetics, product, slap, war paint

Hyponyms

• (cosmetics): See also Thesaurus:toiletry

Translations

composition

• Esperanto: konsisto
• Estonian: koosseis
• French: constitution (fr)
• Galician: composición (gl) f

• Hungarian: felépítés (hu)
• Polish: układ (pl) m
• Russian: соста́в (ru) m (sostáv), строе́ние (ru) n (strojénije), устро́йство (ru) n (ustrójstvo), укла́д (ru) m (uklád)
• Spanish: constitución (es) f

cosmetics

• Afrikaans: plooipleister
• Arabic: مَاكْيَاج‎ m (makyāj), بُنْيَة‎ f (bunya)

  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 (zh), 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)
• French: maquillage (fr) m
• Galician: maquillaxe f
• Georgian: მაკიაჟი (maḳiaži)
• German: Schminke (de) f, Make-up (de) n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• 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)

• Kazakh: макияж (makïyaj)
• Khmer: គ្រឿងសំអាង (krɨəng sɑmʾaang), សម្ភារៈមុខ (sɑmphiə muk)
• Korean: 화장 (ko) (hwajang)
• Kyrgyz: макияж (ky) (makiyac)
• 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)
• 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

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