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English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Cosmetics, Beauty | | English term or phrase: Cils Vs. Lashes | Ex:
"ATLAS OF THE DENSITY OF LASHES
BY POPULATION
FRENCH CAUCASIAN
Max. : 247 cils"
while:
"Density of lashes
JAPANESE
Max.: 247 lashes"
So what is the best translation for "cils"? |
|   Ghada SamirKudoZ activityQuestions: 108 (none open) ( 9 closed without grading) Answers: 828
Egypt
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| | أهداب | Explanation:
Let us start with the English part:
The singular term "cilium" comes from Latin. It literally means "eyelash." In modern medicine, it is also used for eyelash-like structures at the sub-cellular level, but that is not relevant to this question.
The plural of "cilium" is "cilia," but that sounds rather Latin. In an attempt to make the term accessible to non-technical English readers, the monosyllabic plural form "cils" is often used (like "sibs" from "siblings").
The bottom line is that cils and eyelashes are synonyms, at least in this context.
That is as as far as the English side goes, so let us now turn to the Arabic side.
الهدبة هي الشعرة النابتتة على شفر العين (لسان العرب) وجمعها هُدب وهُدُب، بضم الهاء وسكون الدال أو ضمها. وجمع الكثرة أهداب
ويقال للشخص أهدب إذا كان طويل الهدب وكثيره، والمؤنث هدباء
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Note added at 40 mins (2010-04-18 19:56:54 GMT)
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إذا كان لا بد من التمييز، فأقترح الشعيرات والأهداب |
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| Reference
Reference information:
http://www.glamourparis.com/taxonomy/term/110/Justin Timberl...
Pour le lancement de son mascara, Lancôme a étudié les cils des femmes
15 mars 2010
La principale obsession des femmes côté maquillage: les cils. A eux seuls, les mascaras représentent 25% de nos dépenses en cosmétiques (selon une étude menée par Superdrug au Royaume-Uni). Et pourtant, les européennes et à fortiori les françaises de seraient pas les plus à plaindre côté cils. Lancôme a étudié la longueur des cils des femmes du monde entier pour arriver à cette conclusion : les femmes françaises caucasiennes ont les cils les plus longs du monde. Ces dernières possèdent entre 117 et 247 cils par œil d’une longueur moyenne de 8,56mm contre 111 à 247 cils de 7,87mm pour les femmes japonaises, 150 à 263 cils de 6,98mm pour les femmes afro-américaines et 143 à 203 cils de 7,99 pour les femmes caucasiennes américaines. (M.B)
It could be that your text was translated from French, and an error occured leaving "cils" untranslated.
| Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  Arabic
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