machiaj

Forms

machiaj n (plural machiaje)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French maquillage,^[2][3][4][1] formed in French on the verb maquiller (“to make up”) with the suffix -age.^[1] It goes with the verb machia “to make up”, and the native noun machiere is its synonym.^[2][4] It is pronounced in three syllables, ⟨ma-chi-aj⟩.^[2][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in the weekly ⟨Contemporanul⟩ of 1955: „Machiajul se făcea în văzul tuturor” “the make-up was done in full view of everyone”.^[4][3]

Semantic evolution

The first quotations come from the theatre: in 1962 and 1963 theatre reviews speak of the heavy make-up of all the characters in a play and of the actors' make-up used for satire.^[4] The DLRLC and the DN define the word as the make-up given to someone, mostly an actor, to take on the appearance a role requires,^[5][6] and modern dictionaries have widened it to the making up of anyone's face and to the cosmetics themselves.^[2][7][3] MDA2 also gives the room in a theatre where actors are made up.^[3]

Timeline

• 1955 – the first record, in ⟨Contemporanul⟩.^[4][3]
• 1962 – an actor's stage make-up in a theatre review.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. The act of making up the face, or its result; machiere.^[2][3]
2. makeup: the layer of cosmetics on a person's face.^[7][3]
3. Stage or screen make-up, giving an actor the appearance a role requires; grimă.^[3][5]
4. The room where actors are made up.^[3]

Related words

• machia
• machiere

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 608
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1412
4. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. machiaj
5. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 2
6. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. machiaj
7. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. machiaj