English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Used in English since the 16th century. Via French, from Italian mostaccio, ultimately from Doric Ancient Greek μύσταξ (“upper lip”).
Pronunciation [edit]
moustache (plural moustaches)
- A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
hair on upper lip
- Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
- Albanian: mustaqe (sq)
- Arabic: شارِب (ar) (šārib) m
- Egyptian Arabic: شنب (šanab) m
- Armenian: բեղ (hy) (beġ)
- Aromanian: mustatsã (rup) f
- Asturian: bigote (ast) m
- Avar: please add this translation if you can
- Azeri: bığ (az)
- Basque: bibote (eu)
- Belarusian: вусы (be) (vusý) pl
- Bengali: গোঁফ (bn) (gomph)
- Bulgarian: мустак (bg) (musták) m
- Burmese: ကျင်စွယ် (my) (kjin zwe)
- Catalan: bigoti, mostatxo (ca) m
- Chechen: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 胡子 (cmn) (húzi)
- Czech: knír (cs) m
- Danish: overskæg (da) n
- Dutch: snor (nl) f
- Esperanto: lipharo
- Estonian: vurrud (et) pl
- Finnish: viikset (fi) pl, viiksi- (in compounds)
- French: moustache (fr) f, bacchante (fr) f, (slang) charmeuses (fr) f pl
- Galician: bigote (gl) m, mostacho (gl) m
- Georgian: ულვაში (ka) (ulvaši)
- German: Schnurrbart (de) m, Oberlippenbart (de) m
- Greek: μουστάκι (el) (moustáki) n
- Guaraní: vigóte (gn)
- Hebrew: שָׂפָם (he) (safam) m
- Hindi: मूँछ (hi) (mūñch) f, मूछ (hi) (mūch) f
- Hungarian: bajusz (hu)
- Icelandic: yfirvaraskegg (is) n, yfirskegg (is) n, (slang) motta (is) f
- Indonesian: kumis (id)
- Irish: croiméal (ga) m
- Isthmus Zapotec: guicha ruaa
- Italian: baffi (it) m pl
- Japanese: 口ひげ (ja) (くちひげ, kuchihige), 口髭 (ja) (くちひげ, kuchihige)
- Kazakh: мұрт (kk) (murt)
- Khmer: ពុកមាត់ (km) (puk moat)
- Korean: 콧수염 (ko) (kotsuyeom)
- Kyrgyz: мурут (ky) (murut)
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- Lao: ມັດສຸ (lo) (māt sú) (moustache or beard)
- Latin: mystax m (neologism)
- Latvian: ūsas (lv) f pl
- Lithuanian: ūsai (lt) m pl
- Macedonian: мустаќ (mk) (mústaḱ) m, мустаќи (mk) (mústaḱi) pl
- Malay: misai (ms), kumis (ms)
- Maltese: mustaċċi (mt) m
- Marathi: मिशी (mr) (miśī)
- Mongolian: живэр сахал (mn) (živer sahal)
- Navajo: dághá
- Norwegian: bart (no) m, mustasje (no) m
- Old English: please add this translation if you can
- Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
- Pashto: برېت (ps) (bret) m pl
- Persian: بروت (fa) (borut)
- Polish: wąsy (pl) m pl
- Portuguese: bigode (pt) m
- Romanian: mustață (ro) f
- Russian: ус (ru) (us) m, (usually plural) усы (ru) (usý) m pl
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese Sardinian: mustatzus
- Logudorese Sardinian: mustatzus
- Scots: mouser, moutash
- Scottish Gaelic: mustais (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian: brk (sh) m, brkovi (sh) m pl, nausnice (sh) f pl, брк (sh) m, бркови (sh) m pl, науснице (sh) f pl
- Slovak: fúzy (sk) pl
- Slovene: brki (sl) m pl
- Spanish: bigote (es) m, mostacho (es) m
- Swahili: masharubu (sw) pl
- Swedish: mustasch (sv) c
- Tajik: мӯйлаб (tg) (müylab), бурут (tg) (burut)
- Tamil: மீசை (ta) (mee.saii)
- Telugu: మీసం (meesam)
- Thai: มัสสุ (th) (mátsòo), ทาฐิกะ (th) (taatìgà)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: bıyık (tr)
- Turkmen: murt (tk)
- Tuvan: сал (sal)
- Ukrainian: вуса (uk) (vúsa) pl, вуси (uk) (vúsy) pl
- Urdu: مونچھ (ur) (mūñch) f
- Uzbek: moʻylab (uz)
- Vietnamese: râu mép (vi)
- Volapük: mustag (vo)
- Yiddish: וואָנצעס (yi)
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See also [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Neapolitan mustaccio (cf. Italian mostaccio), itself, possibly through an intermediate Late Latin *mustaceum, from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον, from Ancient Greek μύσταξ.
Pronunciation [edit]
moustache f (plural moustaches)
- moustache, mustache
See also [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
moustache f (plural moustaches)
- moustache
