mascara
/məˈskɑːɹə/
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Australia/ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/
mascara noun: a cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.
Noun
mascara (countable and uncountable, plural mascaras)
Verb
mascara (third-person singular simple present mascaras, present participle mascaraing, simple past and past participle mascaraed)
- To apply mascara to the eyelashes
Proper noun capitalized: Mascara
Mascara
mascara meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mascara in Hindi
- eyelash cosmetic
- काजल kājal
mascara in Tamil
- மஸ்கரா, மஸ்காரா, மஸ்க்காரா
mascara in Marathi
- मस्करा, मस्कारा
mascara in Urdu
- کاجل
More languagesFewer languages
- mascara in Bengali
- মাস্কারা maskara
- mascara in Telugu
- మస్కరా, మస్కారా, మాస్కరా
- mascara in Malayalam
- മസ്കറ, മസ്കര, മസ്കറാ
- mascara in Kannada
- ಕಾಡಿಗೆ, ಕಣ್ಕಪ್ಪು
- mascara in Punjabi
- ਮਾਸਕਰਾ, ਮਸਕਾਰਾ
- mascara in Gujarati
- મસ્કરા, મસ્કારા, માસ્કરા
- mascara in Odia
- ମସ୍କାରା, ମସ୍କରା, ମାସ୍କାରା
- mascara in Nepali
- मस्करा, मस्कारा, मास्करा
- mascara in Arabic
- مَسْكَرَة maskara, رَقُّون raqqūn
- mascara in Indonesian
- maskara
- mascara in Persian
- ریمل rimel
- mascara in Vietnamese
- thuốc bôi mi mắt
Examples of mascara in a sentence
- Rain and sweat conspired to smudge her mascara.
- I pick up my hairbrush, my eyelash curler, my mascara: my arsenal of weapons, my quiver.
- Kylarai studied me as I picked a glop of mascara from one lash.
Forms of mascara
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mascaras |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mascaras |
| present participle | mascaraing |
| past participle | mascaraed |
| past | mascaraed |
Origin of mascara
From Italian maschera (“mask”).
From Arabic مُعَسْكَر (muʕaskar, “encampment”), from عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “soldiers, army”).
Words formed from mascara
- browcara
- manscara
Questions about mascara
- What does mascara mean?
- Mascara means a cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.
- What is mascara in Hindi?
- Mascara in Hindi is काजल (kājal). See Mascara meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mascara?
- Mascara can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mascara?
- Mascara is pronounced /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/ (Australia).
- What is the plural of mascara?
- The plural of mascara is mascaras.
Words near mascara in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mascara (page history and authors); Mascara (page history and authors); mascara (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mascara (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mascara (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mascara (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mascara (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mascara (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mascara (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mascara (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mascara (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mascara (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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