mustasch

Swedish

en mustasch

Etymology

Borrowed from French moustache, from Italian mostaccio, ultimately Greek μύσταξ (mýstax, “upper lip; moustache”). Attested since circa 1680.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɵˈstɑːɧ/
  • (Northern and Central Swedish) IPA^(key): [-ɑːʂ]

Noun

mustasch c

1. moustache (hair on upper lip)

   Synonyms: musch, snorbroms

   Holonyms: ansiktsbehåring, skäggväxt

Declension

Declension of mustasch

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mustasch	mustaschs
	definite	mustaschen	mustaschens
plural	indefinite	mustascher	mustaschers
	definite	mustascherna	mustaschernas

Derived terms

• fjunmustasch
• mjölkmustasch
• moppemustasch
• mustaschborste
• mustaschfladdermus
• mustaschkam
• mustaschkopp
• mustaschodlare
• mustaschodling
• mustaschprydd
• mustaschsvärta
• mustaschtrimmer
• mustaschvax

See also

• skägg (“beard”)
• stubb (“stubble”)

References

• “mustasch”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mustasch”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)