makeup

Alternative forms

 * , make up

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  An item's composition.
 * To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.
 * 1)  Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
 * She is wearing a lot of makeup.
 * 1)  Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
 * 2)  A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
 * 3)  In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.
 * 1)  A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
 * 2)  In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.

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 and the most common form currently in Google Ngrams. See Talk:makeup.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:composition
 * beauty products,, , ,

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:toiletry

Translations

 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: konsisto
 * Estonian: koosseis
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , ,  ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: grimering
 * Arabic: مَاكْيَاج, بُنْيَة
 * Gulf Arabic: مكياج
 * Hijazi Arabic: مِكْياج, مَيْكَپ
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Asturian: maquillaxe
 * Azerbaijani: makiyaj, qrim
 * Belarusian: макія́ж, грым
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: makeup, líčidla
 * Danish: makeup, sminke
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ŝminko
 * Estonian: jumestus, meik, grimm
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: maquillaxe
 * Georgian: მაკიაჟი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: איפור
 * Hindi:, श्रृंगार सामग्री
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: farði,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: dreachadh, smideadh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, メイク, メイクアップ
 * Kazakh: макияж, грим
 * Khmer: គ្រឿងសំអាង, សម្ភារៈមុខ
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Latin: offūcia
 * Latvian: grims, meikaps
 * Lithuanian: makiažas, grimas
 * Macedonian: шминка
 * Maori: panipani, whakanako
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sminke
 * Persian:, , ماکیاژ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:,  ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: шми̑нка
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: mejkap
 * Slovene: ličilo
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik:, грим, макияж
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: མཛེས་སྤྱད
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: makiýaž
 * Ukrainian: макія́ж, грим
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: đồ trang điểm
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קאָסמעטיק


 * Hungarian:, , ,


 * Hungarian: pótteszt, pótdolgozat, pótzárthelyi

Verb

 * 1)  To put makeup on (someone or something).

Translations

 * Afrikaans: grimeer
 * Finnish:

Noun

 * 1)  (cosmetics)