Makeup in Different Languages
Discover 'Makeup' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Makeup
Afrikaans grimering | ||
Albanian përbërjen | ||
Amharic ሜካፕ | ||
Arabic ميك أب | ||
Armenian դիմահարդարում | ||
Assamese মেক আপ | ||
Aymara utjnuqayaña | ||
Azerbaijani makiyaj | ||
Bambara makiyazi | ||
Basque makillajea | ||
Belarusian макіяж | ||
Bengali মেকআপ | ||
Bhojpuri शृंगार | ||
Bosnian šminka | ||
Bulgarian грим | ||
Catalan maquillatge | ||
Cebuano makeup | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 补偿 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 補償 | ||
Corsican custituisci | ||
Croatian šminka | ||
Czech makeup | ||
Danish makeup | ||
Dhivehi މޭކަޕް | ||
Dogri मेक-अप | ||
Dutch bedenken | ||
English makeup | ||
Esperanto ŝminko | ||
Estonian meik | ||
Ewe modzadzraɖo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) magkasundo | ||
Finnish meikki | ||
French maquillage | ||
Frisian opmeitsje | ||
Galician maquillaxe | ||
Georgian მაკიაჟი | ||
German bilden | ||
Greek μακιγιάζ | ||
Guarani moingo | ||
Gujarati શનગાર | ||
Haitian Creole makiyaj | ||
Hausa kayan shafa | ||
Hawaiian kala | ||
Hebrew תפצה | ||
Hindi शृंगार | ||
Hmong pleev | ||
Hungarian smink | ||
Icelandic farði | ||
Igbo techaa | ||
Ilocano aglaon | ||
Indonesian dandan | ||
Irish smideadh | ||
Italian trucco | ||
Japanese 化粧 | ||
Javanese dandanan | ||
Kannada ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ವರ್ಧಕ | ||
Kazakh татуласу | ||
Khmer ការតុបតែងមុខ | ||
Kinyarwanda kwisiga | ||
Konkani मेक अप | ||
Korean 구성하다 | ||
Krio pawda | ||
Kurdish xemilandin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ماکیاژ | ||
Kyrgyz түзүү | ||
Lao ແຕ່ງຫນ້າ | ||
Latin instaura | ||
Latvian meikaps | ||
Lingala monzele | ||
Lithuanian makiažas | ||
Luganda okwekolako | ||
Luxembourgish schmink | ||
Macedonian шминка | ||
Maithili श्रृंगार करनाइ | ||
Malagasy manjamaso | ||
Malay alat solek | ||
Malayalam മേക്ക് അപ്പ് | ||
Maltese tagħmel paċi | ||
Maori whakapaipai | ||
Marathi मेकअप | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯦꯝꯒꯠꯄ | ||
Mizo siam chawp | ||
Mongolian будалт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မိတ်ကပ် | ||
Nepali मेकअप | ||
Norwegian sminke | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) makongoletsedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଜାଇ ହେବା | ||
Oromo dibata miidhaginaa | ||
Pashto جوړول | ||
Persian آرایش | ||
Polish makijaż | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) maquiagem | ||
Punjabi ਸ਼ਰ੍ਰੰਗਾਰ | ||
Quechua maquillaje | ||
Romanian machiaj | ||
Russian составить | ||
Samoan toe faalelei | ||
Sanskrit रचयति | ||
Scots Gaelic dèan suas | ||
Sepedi go ipotsefatša | ||
Serbian надокнадити | ||
Sesotho boelana | ||
Shona gadzirisa | ||
Sindhi ٺاهڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වෙස් ගන්වන්න | ||
Slovak nalíčiť | ||
Slovenian pobotati se | ||
Somali isqurxin | ||
Spanish maquillaje | ||
Sundanese make up | ||
Swahili babies | ||
Swedish smink | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magkasundo | ||
Tajik ороиш додан | ||
Tamil ஒப்பனை | ||
Tatar макияж | ||
Telugu మేకప్ | ||
Thai แต่งหน้า | ||
Tigrinya ዝተሰረሐ | ||
Tsonga vumba | ||
Turkish makyaj | ||
Turkmen makiýaup | ||
Twi (Akan) deɛ ɛyɛ | ||
Ukrainian макіяж | ||
Urdu میک اپ | ||
Uyghur گىرىم قىلىش | ||
Uzbek pardoz | ||
Vietnamese trang điểm | ||
Welsh colur | ||
Xhosa iinto zokuzilungisa | ||
Yiddish באַשטאַנד | ||
Yoruba ifipaju | ||
Zulu ukulungisa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grimering derives from the French word "grime" (soot), as the first makeup was soot applied to the eyes. |
| Albanian | Përbërjen originates from the verb "përbëj" (compose) and refers to the act of changing one's appearance using cosmetics or accessories. |
| Amharic | The Amharic "ሜካፕ" was derived from "make up" in English. |
| Arabic | مكياج is used in Arabic to refer to both the act of applying makeup and the cosmetics used for doing so. |
| Azerbaijani | "Makiyaj" is a loanword from the Russian word "макияж", which in turn came from the French word "maquillage." |
| Basque | The word makillajea is a loanword from Spanish, "maquillaje", and is related to the Basque word "makil", meaning "stick" or "club". |
| Belarusian | The word "Макіяж" is borrowed from the French "maquillage" and refers not only to make-up, but also to theatrical make-up and facial masks. |
| Bengali | মেকআপ শব্দটি শিক্ষাগত আবেদনে ব্যবহৃত 'শৃঙ্গার' শব্দটির বাংলা অনুবাদ হিসাবেও ব্যবহৃত হয় |
| Bosnian | The word "šminka" derives from the German word "Schminke", meaning "cosmetic" or "face paint". |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "грим" comes from Russian via German, both meaning "grimace", and originally meant theatrical makeup. |
| Catalan | The word "maquillatge" in Catalan comes from the French word "maquillage," which in turn comes from the Italian word "macchia," meaning "stain". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "makeup" refers to cosmetics used to enhance facial features, also known as "kosmetiko" |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "补偿" can also mean "compensation" or "make up for". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | It is the abbreviated form of "補綴", meaning "to make up for" or "to repair". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "custituisci" also means 'to compose' or 'to assemble'. |
| Croatian | The word 'šminka' is derived from the Italian word 'schimcare,' meaning 'to change appearance. |
| Czech | Czech makeup is a homophone for the adjective "líbivý" which means "charming, pleasing to the eye." |
| Danish | "Make-up" in Danish can also mean "structure" or "arrangement," as in the case of "statsmakeup" ("organizational structure"). |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "bedenken" can also mean "to consider" or "to think of" in English. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "ŝminko" is derived from the German "Schminke," meaning "makeup" or "face paint." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "meik" derives from the Old Norse word "smikr" meaning "beautiful." |
| Finnish | The word "meikki" is thought to derive from the Swedish word "smink", meaning "makeup" or "cosmetic". |
| French | The etymology of "maquillage" suggests an association with "masque" (mask), implying facial adornment beyond just cosmetics. |
| Frisian | The term 'opmeitsje' may also refer to the beautification process itself. |
| Galician | The word "maquillaxe" also means "paint" or "dye" in Galician. |
| Georgian | "მაკიაჟი" (makiakhi) is derived from the French word "maquillage", which refers to the application of cosmetics to the face and body to enhance and beautify one's appearance. |
| German | The word "bilden" can also mean "to educate" or "to shape" in German. |
| Greek | The Greek word "μακιγιάζ" ultimately derives from the French word "maquillage," which in turn comes from the Italian word "macchia," meaning "spot" or "stain." |
| Gujarati | The name "શનગાર" is also used for the makeup of a stage actor, a deity, or a bride. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "Makiyaj" is derived from the French word "maquillage" and also means "disguise" or "pretend" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | "Kayan shafa" is derived from the Hausa word "shafe," meaning "to beautify" or "to make something look nice." |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the word 'kala' originally referred to a paste made from turmeric and water, used as a cosmetic and for medicinal purposes. |
| Hebrew | תפצה also means "compensate" in Hebrew, and is related to the word "damage" (פיצוי). |
| Hindi | The word "शृंगार" can also mean "decoration," "adornment," or "ornamentation." |
| Hmong | The word "pleev" is also used to refer to "decorate" or "make beautiful" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The word "smink" likely derives from "schminken," a Middle High German word for "to make a face," and was used to describe theatrical makeup. |
| Icelandic | The word "farði" derives from the Old Norse word "farðr," meaning "path" or "track," and refers to the way makeup alters one's appearance by creating a new "path" for the face to follow. |
| Igbo | Igbo has various words and expressions to describe different parts of the beautification routine, and the word 'techaa' can also mean to 'decorate with paint', especially when working on dolls |
| Indonesian | The word "dandan" can also refer to dressing up or decorating. |
| Irish | The word "smideadh" also means "to smith" or "to forge" in Irish. |
| Italian | The word "trucco" also means "trick" or "dodge" in Italian. |
| Japanese | "化粧" can also mean "pretence" or "disguise". |
| Javanese | The word "dandanan" in Javanese can also mean "attire" or "adornment", suggesting a broader concept of personal presentation beyond just makeup. |
| Kannada | सौंदर्य वर्धक is a compound word with two meanings: 'beauty' (सौंदर्य) and 'enhancement' (वर्धक). |
| Kazakh | The word "татуласу", meaning "makeup", is derived from the Kazakh verb "татулау" which means "to paint" or "to draw". The word "тату" itself refers to a tattoo or a mark on the skin. |
| Khmer | The word comes from the Sanskrit word 'shrungara', which means 'to decorate' or 'to adorn'. |
| Korean | 구성하다 also signifies 'compose' or 'formulate', and originates from Sino-Korean '構', meaning 'to assemble', and '成', signifying 'to accomplish' or 'to form'. |
| Kurdish | "...xelan" in Kurdish means both "makeup" and "a way of behaving". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "түзүү" can also mean "to build" or "to create". |
| Latin | "Instaurare" is the origin of the French word "restaurer", meaning "to restore" or "to renovate". |
| Latvian | It has no other meanings and comes from the English word "make-up". |
| Lithuanian | The word "makiažas" is derived from the French word "maquillage," which itself is derived from the Italian word "macchia," meaning "stain" or "blemish". |
| Luxembourgish | It derives from the Old High German word "sminka" meaning "beauty spot" or "rouge". |
| Macedonian | The word "Шминка" could also mean "paint" or "varnish" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'manjamaso' is derived from the Malay word 'manja', meaning 'beautiful' or 'pleasant', and the Malagasy word 'maso', meaning 'face'. |
| Malay | The word 'alat solek' in Malay, meaning 'makeup', is derived from the word 'solek', which refers to the act of 'adorning' or 'beautifying' oneself. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word 'make up' (മേക്ക് അപ്പ്) originated from the English language, primarily referring to cosmetic products or techniques to enhance one's appearance. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "tagħmel paċi" can also mean "to make peace" or "to reconcile". |
| Maori | 'Whakapaipai' is used to describe both makeup and beautification in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word "मेकअप" comes from the Sanskrit word "मकरंद" (honey) and refers to the practice of applying cosmetics to the face to enhance beauty, similar to the use of honey to enhance the taste of food. |
| Mongolian | The word "будалт" (makeup) is derived from the Mongolian verb "будаха" (to dye), which also refers to the process of applying makeup to the face. |
| Nepali | "मेकअप" can also mean "making up" as in reconciling or settling a dispute in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Sminke" is derived from the Germanic word "smekkan," meaning "to anoint" or "to rub". It can also refer to face paint used in the theater. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In its original use, 'makongoletsedwe' referred specifically to body paint. |
| Pashto | The word "جوړول" also means "to get ready" or "to prepare" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "آرایش" (ārayesh) in Persian derives from the verb "آراستن" (ārāstan), meaning "to adorn or decorate," and can refer to both makeup and other forms of personal adornment. |
| Polish | The term 'makijaż' originates from the Japanese word 'makioyagi,' which refers to makeup made from rice starch. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "maquiagem" can also refer to disguise, artifice, or pretense. |
| Romanian | The word "machiaj" is derived from the Hungarian word "maszk" meaning "mask" and was originally used to refer to stage makeup. |
| Russian | The verb "составить" also means "to compose" (a piece of music) or "to compile" (a list) in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word "toe faalelei" is a combination of the words "toe" (water) and "faalelei" (to make beautiful), which suggests the idea of using water to enhance one's appearance. |
| Scots Gaelic | Dèan suas can also be used to mean 'make up for something', or 'to make amends'. |
| Serbian | "Надокнадити" means to "make up" in Serbian, but it can also mean to "replenish" or "compensate" for something that has been lost or depleted. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "boelana" is derived from the Bantu root "-ela-", which signifies "to adorn" and is related to the Nguni term "ubuhle", referring to facial paint used in ceremonies and other special occasions. |
| Shona | The Shona word "gadzirisa" is derived from the prefix "ga-" meaning "to do" and the root "dzirisa" meaning "to paint or decorate". |
| Sindhi | The word ٺاهڻ in Sindhi also means 'ornamentation', 'decoration', or 'embellishment'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word ''වෙස් ගන්වන්න'' can also mean an altered appearance created through clothing, accessories, and hairstyle. |
| Slovak | The word "nalíčiť" in Slovak can also mean "to set up a trap" or "to arrange a meeting". |
| Slovenian | The verb "pobotati se" is also used in the sense of "to prepare oneself" |
| Somali | The word "isqurxin" may also refer to traditional face paints worn during specific cultural events and dances. |
| Spanish | "Maquillaje" comes from the French word "maquiller" which means "to mask". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "makeup" can also refer to the act of preparing or getting ready, especially for a special occasion. |
| Swahili | The word 'babies' in Swahili is also a term of endearment for a young child or infant. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "smink" (makeup) originates from either the Flemish "sminken" (to paint) or the French "esmoucher" (to clean). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | 'Magkasundo' is also a verb that means 'to come into agreement', 'to be in accord', or 'to reach a consensus'. |
| Tajik | The Persian compound noun "ороиш додан" literally means "to put decoration." |
| Telugu | The Telugu word మేకప్ (makeup) is borrowed from English, and has the alternate meaning of "the act of improving one's appearance." |
| Thai | "แต่งหน้า" can also mean "to decorate" or "to adorn". |
| Turkish | The word "makyaj" derives from the French "maquillage" and ultimately from the Arabic "makhraj" meaning "point of exit". |
| Ukrainian | "Мякіж" is also the Ukrainian translation of "flesh". |
| Urdu | The word "میک اپ" is derived from the English word "makeup" meaning cosmetics or applying cosmetics to a person's skin |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "pardoz" is a borrowing from Persian and can also mean "decoration" or "ornament". |
| Vietnamese | Trang điểm is also an archaic Sino-Vietnamese term which refers to "drawing lines along the eyes". |
| Welsh | In Welsh mythology, "colur" also denotes a sacred black cauldron or pool that bestows wisdom or inspiration on those who drink from it. |
| Xhosa | The word 'iinto zokuzilungisa' literally means 'things to prettify oneself' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "באַשטאַנד" (makeup) shares the same root as "שטאַנד" (state) and "בײַשטײער" (contribution), implying a sense of "putting things in order" or "improving one's appearance." |
| Yoruba | The word "ifipaju" in Yoruba can also refer to the act of applying cosmetics or enhancing one's appearance. |
| Zulu | "Ukuklungisa" is an evocative Zulu term that encapsulates both the act of adorning oneself and the underlying desire to enhance one's beauty and confidence. |
| English | "Makeup" can also mean "the physical structure of something" or "the way something is organized." |