make-up

Deverbal from make up.

make-up (usually uncountable, plural make-ups)

1. Alternative spelling of makeup. See usage notes there.
   • 1961 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 760:

     From Whitemoor, left at 6.45 p.m., the train's make-up usually includes also some Continental ferry wagons, originating from Harwich.

make-up (not comparable)

1. Made-up, false, imaginary, fabricated.
2. (informal) Of or relating to a reconciliation.

   Joe and Joanne had a big fight, and then apologized and had incredible make-up sex.

• “make*up”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• upmake

Borrowed from English make-up.

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make-up m (uncountable)

1. makeup (cosmetics)

• make up

Unadapted borrowing from English make-up.

• IPA^(key): /mɛjˈkap/

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: ma‧ke-up

make-up m inan (indeclinable)

2. (uncountable, cosmetics) makeup (cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance)

   Synonym: makijaż

   Antonym: demakijaż

4. (countable, cosmetics) foundation (cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture)

   Synonyms: fluid, podkład

   Hypernym: kosmetyk

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Indeclinable.

• make-up in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• make-up in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English make-up.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmej.kap/

make-up n (plural make-upuri)

1. make-up