mustache

English

Alternative forms

• (Commonwealth English) moustache

Etymology

From French moustache, from Italian mostaccio, from Medieval Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), diminutive of (Doric) Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mustaks, “upper lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *mendʰ- (“to chew”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌstæʃ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊstɑːʃ/

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Noun

mustache (plural mustaches)

1. A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.

Translations

moustache — see moustache

See also

• beard
• sideburn, sideboard
• whisker