cosmétique

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, director, decorator”), from κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”), from κόσμος (kósmos, “world, universe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔs.me.tik/

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Noun

cosmétique m (plural cosmétiques)

1. cosmetics, make-up

   Synonym: maquillage

Descendants

• → Dutch: cosmetiek
  • → Indonesian: kosmetik, kasmutik
• → Ottoman Turkish: قوزمتیك (kozmetik)
  • Turkish: kozmetik
• → Persian: ماتیک (mâtik)

Noun

cosmétique f (uncountable)

1. the science of cosmetics

Adjective

cosmétique (plural cosmétiques)

1. cosmetic

Further reading

• “cosmétique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.