Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett smink

greasepaint, make-up, rouge

Meaning

greasepaint; make-up; rouge

In Swedish: färgat skönhets- eller maskeringsmedel

Forms

Forms of smink
Singular, indefiniteett smink
Singular, definitesminket

smink is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort smink, det stora sminket. Check another noun

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Is it en smink or ett smink?

smink in a sentence

  • använda smink
    use make-up

Questions

What does smink mean in English?

smink means “greasepaint, make-up”.

Is it en smink or ett smink?

It is ett smink, and “the greasepaint” is sminket.

Similar words

kosmetikamake-up

Nearby common words

smink is number 4,407 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 4,403googla to google, to search for something on the Google search engine, to google, to search for something on the Internet using with any search engine
  • 4,404villkorlig conditional (subject to conditions)
  • 4,405splittra break, shatter
  • 4,406bedra swindle, fool
  • 4,408beslöt resolved, decided
  • 4,409färre fewer
  • 4,410negativt negative
  • 4,411tillräcklig sufficient, enough
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