cosmétique

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”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔs.me.tik/

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cosmétique m (plural cosmétiques)

1. cosmetics, make-up

   Synonym: maquillage

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

cosmétique f (uncountable)

1. the science of cosmetics

cosmétique (plural cosmétiques)

1. cosmetic

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