Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ricil
English translation:
Ricil or solid mascara
Added to glossary by
Drmanu49
Jun 1, 2007 14:29
17 yrs ago
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ricil
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Context:
"...Tables ronflantes de vagues d'assiettes
Couverts electriques
Degustations de peintures acryliques.
Pinceaux de poils dans le cil
Pour mieux mettre le **ricil.**
Poubelles d'objets denatures
Cris effares voulant les garder..."
"...Tables ronflantes de vagues d'assiettes
Couverts electriques
Degustations de peintures acryliques.
Pinceaux de poils dans le cil
Pour mieux mettre le **ricil.**
Poubelles d'objets denatures
Cris effares voulant les garder..."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Ricil or solid mascara |
Drmanu49
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| 4 +8 | mascara |
georgeloise
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Change log
Jun 6, 2007 12:22: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Jun 6, 2007 14:07: Drmanu49 changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/123909">Barbara Cochran, MFA's</a> old entry - "ricil"" to ""Ricil or solid mascara""
Proposed translations
14 mins
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Ricil or solid mascara
Around that time, the Group began distributing the famous solid mascara, Ricil's. The birth of Deborah makeup. Up till then restricted to the luxury ...
www.deborah.it/inglese/siamo/storia.htm - 18k -
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Lot Cosmétique (Rouge à lèvres, mascara...) 1,00 EUR (1 Enchère) ... Anc. Pub. Publicité.RICIL'S RICIL Cosmétique 1948. 3,00 EUR ...
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www.deborah.it/inglese/siamo/storia.htm - 18k -
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Note added at 15 minutes (2007-06-01 14:44:59 GMT)
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Lot Cosmétique (Rouge à lèvres, mascara...) 1,00 EUR (1 Enchère) ... Anc. Pub. Publicité.RICIL'S RICIL Cosmétique 1948. 3,00 EUR ...
rss.api.ebay.com/ws/rssapi?FeedName=SearchResults&siteId=71&language=fr-FR&output=RSS20&s... - 71k -
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Comment: "Merci!"
+8
5 mins
mascara
Not sure this is offensive! Seems to just refer to mascara...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Emma Paulay
: Absolutely!
8 mins
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| agree |
Richard Benham
: Hello. More particularly, it's a brand of mascara. Mascara itself can be pretty offensive, expecially if overdone. But serioiusly, I think what was supposed to be offensive was the lack of accents. And I agree.
8 mins
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| agree |
cristina estanislau
: yes. its not.
8 mins
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| agree |
Anna Quail
: A brand name, used in France to mean mascara of any brand, like Kleenex for paper hankies or Sopalin for kitchen roll
11 mins
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| agree |
Tony M
: I'd not come across this before, I'm more familiar with 'rimmel'
24 mins
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| agree |
translator_15 (X)
: Tony, I thought your eyelashes looked nice in your photo ;-))) lol!!
1 hr
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| agree |
Nathalie Elson
2 hrs
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| agree |
Odette Grille (X)
: You mean it is the old kind one spits on ?
4 days
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