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tache en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /tæʃ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /tɑːʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Clipping of m(o)ustache.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Moustache, mustache.

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tache en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From French tache (“a spot”). See tetchy.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A spot, stain, or blemish.
    • the herynge or seynge of any vice or euyl tache 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
    • Alone I cared for our mother who did little else but stare at taches on floor and ceiling. 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 95:

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tache en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

See tack (“a kind of nail”).

Meanings

  1. Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch, loop, button.
    • And thou shalt make fiftie taches of gold, and couple the curtaines together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. 1611, King James Bible, “xxvi.vi”, in Exodus, Barker edition:

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