cosmetics
/kɒzˈmɛt.ɪks/US/kɑzˈmɛt.ɪks/
cosmetics noun: preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.
Noun (1)
cosmetics pl (plural only)
- Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.
- Near-synonyms: makeup, make-up; beauty products
- Synonyms:
- makeup, make-up, beauty product
- The way something looks; superficial appearance.
- Near-synonym: cosmesis
- In the great fishbowl that we're doing everything in it's kind of unfortunate, but the cosmetics of the thing are more important than what's accomplished — in a great many ways.2004, Lewis Sorley, Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972, page 194
- Synonyms:
- cosmesis
Noun (2)
cosmetics (uncountable)
- The study of such products.
cosmetics meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cosmetics in Hindi
- preparations to change or enhance the beauty
- सौंदर्य प्रसाधन saundarya prasādhan, सौन्दर्य प्रसाधन saundarya prasādhan
cosmetics in Tamil
- ஒப்பனைப் பொருள்
cosmetics in Marathi
- सौंदर्यप्रसाधने, सौंदर्य प्रसाधने, सौंदर्यप्रसाधन
cosmetics in Urdu
- preparations to change or enhance the beauty
- سِن٘گھار کے سامان siṅghār ke sāmān
More languagesFewer languages
- cosmetics in Bengali
- প্রসাধনী prośadhoni
- cosmetics in Telugu
- సౌందర్య సాధనాలు, కాస్మెటిక్స్, సౌందర్య సాధనాల
- cosmetics in Malayalam
- സൌന്ദര്യവർദ്ധകവസ്തുക്കൾ
- cosmetics in Kannada
- ಅಂದಗೆಯ್ಯುಗೆ, ಅಂಗರಾಗ, ಪ್ರಸಾಧನ
- cosmetics in Punjabi
- ਕਾਸਮੈਟਿਕਸ
- cosmetics in Gujarati
- સૌંદર્ય પ્રસાધનો, કોસ્મેટિક્સ, સૌંદર્ય પ્રસાધન
- cosmetics in Odia
- ପ୍ରସାଧନ ସାମଗ୍ରୀ
- cosmetics in Sinhala
- විලවුන් wilawun
- cosmetics in Nepali
- सौन्दर्य प्रसाधन, सौन्दर्य प्रसाधनहरू, सौन्दर्य प्रसाधन सामग्री
- cosmetics in Pashto
- سينګار singār
- cosmetics in Tagalog
- kosmetiko
- cosmetics in Arabic
- مُسْتَحْضَرَاتُ التَّجْمِيل mustaḥḍarātu t-tajmīl
- cosmetics in Malay
- kosmetik
- cosmetics in Indonesian
- kosmetik
- cosmetics in Thai
- เครื่องสำอาง krʉ̂ʉang-sǎm-aang
- cosmetics in Vietnamese
- mĩ phẩm, mỹ phẩm
- cosmetics in Myanmar
- အလှကုန် a.hla.kun, အလှကုန်များ a.hla.kunmya:
Synonyms of cosmetics
Origin of cosmetics
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”).
Words formed from cosmetics
Questions about cosmetics
- What does cosmetics mean?
- Cosmetics means preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.
- What is cosmetics in Hindi?
- Cosmetics in Hindi is सौंदर्य प्रसाधन (saundarya prasādhan), सौन्दर्य प्रसाधन (saundarya prasādhan). See Cosmetics meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cosmetics?
- Cosmetics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cosmetics?
- Cosmetics is pronounced /kɒzˈmɛt.ɪks/ (UK).
Words near cosmetics in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cosmetics (page history and authors); cosmetics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cosmetics (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmetics (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmetics (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmetics (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cosmetics (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmetics (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmetics (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmetics (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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