moustache en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /məˈstɐːʃ/ (New-Zealand)
- /məˈstɑːʃ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /mʊstaʃ/ (Canada)
- /ˈmʌstæʃ/ (US)
- /mʌstaʃ/ (Canada)
- /məˈstaːʃ/ (Australia)
- /məˈstæʃ/ (Northern-England)
- (US) audio
- /məˈstɒʃ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /məˈstaʃ/ (Canada)
- /məˈstæʃ/ (US)
Etymology
Used in English since the 16th century. From Middle French moustache from Italian mostaccio, from Early Medieval Latin mustācium, from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), diminutive of (Doric) Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax, “upper lip”), of unknown origin (probably a Pre-Greek substrate). Replaced native English kemp (“moustache”), from Old English cenep.
Meanings
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A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
A hint of the truth broke on him after Sedan, when he saw the dyed moustaches of Napoleon going grey; another when he entered Paris, and saw the smashed windows of the Tuileries.
1908–1910 (date written; published 1910 October 18), E[dward] M[organ] Forster, Howards End, London: Edward Arnold, →OCLC:A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.
1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, “How the Brigadier Triumphed in England”, in The Adventures of Gerard:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:The Stan Lee fly, or Daptolestes leei, which is said to share his characteristic sunglasses and white moustache
2020 July 28, “Deadpool fly among new Australian 'super power' species creating a buzz”, in BBC:Ivan, the confidential man with the scar and the moustaches, came out of the house like a cannon ball, and came racing across the lawn to Valentin like a dog to his master.
1910 September 3, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “The Secret Garden”, in The Innocence of Father Brown, London; New York, N.Y.: Cassell and Company, published 1911, →OCLC:Small, well-knit, fair, he sat stroking his slight blond moustache and looking at her with kindly, almost tender eyes; but he left it to his sister and the others to draw her out and fit her into the pattern.
1913 October, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:Crabbe caught the eye of the oboist, an ancient man with dignified moustaches, and mimed that they were going round to the front, to watch the real thing, the shadows.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 555:
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(informal) A curly bracket, { or }.
In this example, the first is a string of text that contains the name property in double curly brackets (or “mustaches”)—this is the syntax for a tag.
2013, Peter Gasston, The Modern Web: Multi-device Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 102:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| moustaches | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| mustache | US, alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
moustache ride · Hitler moustache · bemoustached · stache · moustachelike · molestache · milk moustache · mustache ride · cavalry moustache · Charlie Chaplin moustache · pedo-stache · moustachy · pornstache · moustached · Zapata moustache · twirl one's moustache · horseshoe moustache · moustache cup · milkstache · tache · moustache-twirling · Fu Manchu moustache · handlebar moustache · moustachial · walrus moustache · 'stache · pencil moustache · 'tache · toothbrush moustache · moustacheless · mo
Relateds
whisker · sideburn · mustachio · nosebeard · sideboard · kemp · beard · Movember
Translations (241)
ary شلغوم (hair on upper lip) · ro mustață (hair on upper lip) · io labiobarbo (hair on upper lip) · yo mámu (hair on upper lip) · gd réibean (hair on upper lip) · af snor (hair on upper lip) · mnb dharabisi (hair on upper lip) · fi viikset (hair on upper lip) · tyv сал (hair on upper lip) · rm schnuz (hair on upper lip) · sc mustatzus (hair on upper lip) · de Schnauzer (hair on upper lip) · tg мӯйлаб (hair on upper lip) · bn গোঁফ (hair on upper lip) · ce мекхаш (hair on upper lip) · lmo barbis (hair on upper lip) · io mustacho (hair on upper lip) · fa-ira بُروت (hair on upper lip) · ang cenep (hair on upper lip) · vi ria (hair on upper lip) · hi मूंछ (hair on upper lip) · sco moutash (hair on upper lip) · pdc Schnarrbaart (hair on upper lip) · zza zımbêli (diq) (hair on upper lip) · id kumis (hair on upper lip) · el μουστάκι (hair on upper lip) · mel sumih (hair on upper lip) · is motta (hair on upper lip) · hi मूँछ (hair on upper lip) · lez спел (hair on upper lip) · ca bigoti (hair on upper lip) · jv brengos (hair on upper lip) · lbe ссирссилтту (hair on upper lip) · rm mustaz (hair on upper lip) · pi massu (hair on upper lip) · sa श्मश्रु (hair on upper lip) · th หนวด (hair on upper lip) · gu મુછ (hair on upper lip) · vi râu mép (hair on upper lip) · sc mustatzus (hair on upper lip) · fr bacchante (hair on upper lip) · ar شَارِب (hair on upper lip) · smn njävileh (hair on upper lip) · sv mustasch (hair on upper lip) · gl bigote (hair on upper lip) · cs knír (hair on upper lip) · tk murt (hair on upper lip) · km ពុកមាត់ (hair on upper lip) · wyi ngarrin (hair on upper lip) · jje 시염 (hair on upper lip) · sh bȑkovi (hair on upper lip) · haw ʻumiʻumi (hair on upper lip) · uk ву́си (hair on upper lip) · pa مُچّھ (hair on upper lip) · mww hwj-txwv (hair on upper lip) · tg бурут (hair on upper lip) · yi וואָנצעס (hair on upper lip) · grc ὑπήνη (hair on upper lip) · scn mustazzu (hair on upper lip) · br mourroù (hair on upper lip) · gd stais (hair on upper lip) · ne जुँगा (hair on upper lip) · cmn 鬍子 /胡子 (hair on upper lip) · ady пакӏэхэр (hair on upper lip) · arc ܦܣܡܐ (hair on upper lip) · ta மீசை (hair on upper lip) · tg сибил (hair on upper lip) · tt мыек (hair on upper lip) · ota سبله (hair on upper lip) · sne sumiet (hair on upper lip) · ru усы́ (hair on upper lip) · it mostaccio (hair on upper lip) · de Oberlippenbart (hair on upper lip) · az bığ (hair on upper lip) · ja 口髭 (hair on upper lip) · ca mostatxo (hair on upper lip) · ur مُون٘چھ (hair on upper lip) · tl bigote (hair on upper lip) · sk fúzy (hair on upper lip) · uz burut (hair on upper lip) · nb bart (hair on upper lip) · ga croiméal (hair on upper lip) · ka ულვაშები (hair on upper lip) · sd مُڇ (hair on upper lip) · sah бытык (hair on upper lip) · nb mustasje (hair on upper lip) · sq mustaqe (hair on upper lip) · be вусы́ (hair on upper lip) · bni nzembe (hair on upper lip) · arz شنب (hair on upper lip) · cv мӑйӑх (hair on upper lip) · jje 쉬염 (hair on upper lip) · et vuntsid (hair on upper lip) · pdc Schnurbaart (hair on upper lip) · kmr simbêl (hair on upper lip) · kxd sumit (hair on upper lip) · nl snor (hair on upper lip) · ps برېت (hair on upper lip) · sh bȓk (hair on upper lip) · te మీసం (hair on upper lip) · ka ულვაში (hair on upper lip) · is yfirvaraskegg (hair on upper lip) · pnt μουστάκιν (hair on upper lip) · mi kumikumi (hair on upper lip) · ota بیق (hair on upper lip) · fr moustache (hair on upper lip) · bua һахал (hair on upper lip) · sco mouser (hair on upper lip) · ms kumis (hair on upper lip) · pdt Schnurboat (hair on upper lip) · mt mustaċċ (hair on upper lip) · pa ਮੁੱਛ (hair on upper lip) · mnw သော်ပါင် (hair on upper lip) · gl bigode (hair on upper lip) · gd balt (hair on upper lip) · gd mustais (hair on upper lip) · eo lipharoj (hair on upper lip) · de Schnauzbart (hair on upper lip) · uz moʻylov (hair on upper lip) · sh nàusnice (hair on upper lip) · nb barter (hair on upper lip) · mi hurungutu (hair on upper lip) · zai guicha ruaa (hair on upper lip) · sw masharubu (hair on upper lip) · ne जुंगा (hair on upper lip) · da overskæg (hair on upper lip) · sjd оа̄б (hair on upper lip) · gd ròibeag (hair on upper lip) · cmn 髭 (hair on upper lip) · kw minvlew (hair on upper lip) · lzz ბუჲუღი (hair on upper lip) · scn mustazzi (hair on upper lip) · bho मूंछ (hair on upper lip) · de Schnurrbart (hair on upper lip) · udi быгъ (hair on upper lip) · bo སྨ་ར (hair on upper lip) · yo irun ètè (hair on upper lip) · dv މަތިމަސް (hair on upper lip) · oc mostacha (hair on upper lip) · gl mostacho (hair on upper lip) · uk ву́са (hair on upper lip) · la subium (hair on upper lip) · hu bajusz (hair on upper lip) · bo ཁ་སྤུ (hair on upper lip) · lt ūsai (hair on upper lip) · yo irun-imu (hair on upper lip) · it baffi (hair on upper lip) · udi бигъ (hair on upper lip) · gd caisean-feusaig (hair on upper lip) · rm barbis (hair on upper lip) · cy trawswch (hair on upper lip) · os рихитӕ (hair on upper lip) · ko 수염 (hair on upper lip) · ckb سمێڵ (hair on upper lip) · ht moustach (hair on upper lip) · yue 鬚 /须 (hair on upper lip) · ko 콧수염 (hair on upper lip) · nn bartar (hair on upper lip) · es bigote (hair on upper lip) · vec bafo (hair on upper lip) · ce мекхаш (hair on upper lip) · alt мыйык (hair on upper lip) · lv ūsas (hair on upper lip) · fr charmeuses (hair on upper lip) · scn baffi (hair on upper lip) · rsk баюси (hair on upper lip) · gd ròibean (hair on upper lip) · grc μύσταξ (hair on upper lip) · ug بۇرۇت (hair on upper lip) · hrx Schnorres (hair on upper lip) · th ทาฐิกะ (hair on upper lip) · eu bibote (hair on upper lip) · ba мыйыҡ (hair on upper lip) · bg муста́к (hair on upper lip) · nv dághá (hair on upper lip) · vo mustag (hair on upper lip) · hy բեղ (hair on upper lip) · la mystax (hair on upper lip) · av михъал (hair on upper lip) · kxd kumis (hair on upper lip) · hi श्मश्रु (hair on upper lip) · nn mustasje (hair on upper lip) · mr मिशी (hair on upper lip) · hi मूछ (hair on upper lip) · my ကျင်စွယ် (hair on upper lip) · eo liphararo (hair on upper lip) · sh на̀уснице (hair on upper lip) · pt bigode (hair on upper lip) · bo འ་ར (hair on upper lip) · rup mustatsã (hair on upper lip) · th มัสสุ (hair on upper lip) · gd feusag-bheòil (hair on upper lip) · an mostaixa (hair on upper lip) · ky мурут (hair on upper lip) · tr bıyık (hair on upper lip) · mk мустаќ (hair on upper lip) · he שָׂפָם (hair on upper lip) · vi ria mép (hair on upper lip) · fi viiksi- (hair on upper lip) · ml മീശ (hair on upper lip) · ln monzomba (hair on upper lip) · sh бр̏кови (hair on upper lip) · kk мұрт (hair on upper lip) · or ମୁଛ (hair on upper lip) · yo máàmu (hair on upper lip) · nn bart (hair on upper lip) · tl misay (hair on upper lip) · cy mwstas (hair on upper lip) · es mostacho (hair on upper lip) · so shaarbo (hair on upper lip) · lo ມັດສຸ (hair on upper lip) · acw شَنَب (hair on upper lip) · bjn sasingut (hair on upper lip) · mn живэр сахал (hair on upper lip) · ab аԥаҵа (hair on upper lip) · gl grañón (hair on upper lip) · es bozo (hair on upper lip) · sl brki (hair on upper lip) · ms misai (hair on upper lip) · pl wąsy (hair on upper lip) · is yfirskegg (hair on upper lip) · mk мустаќи (hair on upper lip) · sjt а̄бн (hair on upper lip) · mk бркови (hair on upper lip) · sk fúz (hair on upper lip) · yo túbọ̀mú (hair on upper lip) · vep habinod (hair on upper lip) · wa moustatche (hair on upper lip) · ru ус (hair on upper lip) · ja 口ひげ (hair on upper lip) · fa-ira سِبیل (hair on upper lip) · sh бр̑к (hair on upper lip) · ast bigote (hair on upper lip) · fo yvirskegg (hair on upper lip) · cmn 八字鬍 /八字胡 (hair on upper lip) · mel gumei (hair on upper lip) · pdc Schnauzbaart (hair on upper lip) · sms ääʹbben (hair on upper lip) · kbd пащӏэ (hair on upper lip) · et vurrud (hair on upper lip) · de Schnäuzer (hair on upper lip)