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tache

/tɑːʃ/US/tæʃ/

tache noun: moustache, mustache.

Noun (1)

tache (plural taches)

  1. (informal) Moustache, mustache.

Noun (2)

tache (plural taches)

  1. (archaic) A spot, stain, or blemish.
    • the herynge or seynge of any vice or euyl tache1531, 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

Noun (3)

tache (plural taches)

  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

Proper noun capitalized: Tache

Tache (countable and uncountable, plural Taches)

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of La Tache, alternative form of La Tâche.
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Le Tache, alternative form of Le Tâche.
  3. A surname from French. (Alternative form of Taché)

Forms of tache

Noun
pluraltaches
alternative form'tache
alternative formtash
alternative form'stache
alternative formstache
alternative formstash
alternative formtatch
Proper noun
pluralTaches

Origin of tache

Clipping of m(o)ustache.

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

See tack (“a kind of nail”).

Phrases with tache

Questions about tache

What does tache mean?
Tache means moustache, mustache.
What part of speech is tache?
Tache can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tache?
Tache is pronounced /tɑːʃ/ (UK).
What is the plural of tache?
The plural of tache is taches.

Words near tache in the dictionary

  1. tachanka
  2. tachankas
  3. tachanun
  4. tacharanite
  5. tacharanites
  6. tache
  7. tached up
  8. Tachelhit
  9. Tachen
  10. Tacheng
  11. tacheometer

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