Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mascara

/ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: mas-cara
IPA: /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To apply mascara to the eyelashes

name

A city and provincial capital in northwestern Algeria.

name

A province of Algeria.

Example Sentences

"apply mascara"
"put on mascara"
"mascara runs"
"mascara smudges"
"With her rouged cheeks, silver lipcoat and mascara she might have been any girl after an hour at her mother's dressing table."
"There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans."

Etymology

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: maschera, ع س ك ر

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/
British English: /məˈskɑːɹə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mascaras (plural) mascaras (present, singular) mascaraing (participle, present) mascaraed (participle, past) mascaraed (past)

Derived Forms

browcara manscara

Frequently Paired Words

mask

Rhymes With

era sarah sierra sara para vera tara canberra kara rivera cara sahara

Questions

How do you pronounce mascara?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə/.
What does mascara mean?: A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.
Where does mascara come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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