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
• → Persian: ماتیک (mâtik)

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.