maquillage
/makiˈ(j)ɑːʒ/noun
maquillage is a noun meaning “Makeup, cosmetics, or its application, especially in theatrical or excessive use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-Q-U-I-L-L-A-G-E, and it appears about once in every 55 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of maquillage is maquillages.
What does maquillage mean?
noun
- 1
Makeup, cosmetics, or its application, especially in theatrical or excessive use.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce maquillage?
- UK /makiˈ(j)ɑːʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-maquillage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of maquillage
- maquillages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is maquillage?
Maquillage appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does maquillage come from?
Borrowed from French maquillage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).