moustache

Meaning

1. A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
2. (informal) A curly bracket, { or }.

Synonyms

mustache

beard

whiskers

whisker

mustache

chin

facial hair

sideburns

moustaches

mustaches

tache

moustachio

stache

mustachio

Translations

moustache

Schnurrbart

bigote

bigode

baffi

snor

baffo

bigoti

μουστάκι

bıyık

mostacho

charmeuses

bacchante

knevel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈstɑːʃ/

Etymology

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.