moustache
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British/məˈstɑːʃ/Northern England/məˈstæʃ/
moustache noun: a growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
Noun
moustache (plural moustaches)
- A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
- 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
- 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
moustache meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
moustache in Hindi
- hair on upper lip
- मूँछ mū̃ch, मूछ mūch, श्मश्रु śmaśru, मूंछ mūñch
moustache in Tamil
- hair on upper lip
- மீசை mīcai
moustache in Marathi
- hair on upper lip
- मिशी miśī
moustache in Urdu
- hair on upper lip
- مُون٘چھ mū̃ch
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- moustache in Bengali
- গোঁফ gō̃ph
- moustache in Telugu
- మీసం mīsaṁ
- moustache in Malayalam
- മീശ mīśa
- moustache in Kannada
- ಮೀಸೆ mīse
- moustache in Punjabi
- ਮੁੱਛ muccha, مُچّھ mucch
- moustache in Gujarati
- મુછ much
- moustache in Odia
- ମୁଛ mucha
- moustache in Sanskrit
- श्मश्रु śmaśru
- moustache in Nepali
- जुँगा jũgā, जुंगा juṅgā
- moustache in Pashto
- برېت bret
- moustache in Tagalog
- misay, bigote
- moustache in Arabic
- شَارِب šārib
- moustache in Malay
- misai, kumis
- moustache in Indonesian
- kumis
- moustache in Thai
- มัสสุ mát-sù, ทาฐิกะ taa-tì-gà, หนวด nùuat
- moustache in Vietnamese
- râu mép, ria mép, ria
- moustache in Myanmar
- ကျင်စွယ် kyangcwai
- Sindhi
- مُڇ mucha
- Dhivehi
- މަތިމަސް matimas
Examples of moustache in a sentence
- 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:
- 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...
- 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:
- The Stan Lee fly, or Daptolestes leei, which is said to share his characteristic sunglasses and white moustache2020 July 28, “Deadpool fly among new Australian 'super power' species creating a buzz”, in BBC:
Forms of moustache
| plural | moustaches |
|---|---|
| alternative US | mustache |
Origin of moustache
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.
Words formed from moustache
- bemoustached
- cavalry moustache
- Charlie Chaplin moustache
- Fu Manchu moustache
- handlebar moustache
- Hitler moustache
- horseshoe moustache
- milk moustache
- milkstache
- mo
- molestache
- moustache cup
- moustached
- moustacheless
- moustachelike
- moustache ride
- moustache-twirling
- moustachial
- moustachy
- mustache ride
- pedo-stache
- pencil moustache
- pornstache
- stache
- 'stache
- tache
- 'tache
- toothbrush moustache
- twirl one's moustache
- walrus moustache
- Zapata moustache
Phrases with moustache
Words that rhyme with moustache
Questions about moustache
- What does moustache mean?
- Moustache means a growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
- What is moustache in Hindi?
- Moustache in Hindi is मूँछ (mū̃ch), मूछ (mūch), श्मश्रु (śmaśru). See Moustache meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use moustache in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is moustache?
- Moustache is a noun.
- How do you pronounce moustache?
- Moustache is pronounced /məˈstɑːʃ/ (British).
- What is the plural of moustache?
- The plural of moustache is moustaches.
Words near moustache in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: moustache (page history and authors); ಮೀಸೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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