Feminine

moustache

Meaning

  1. (feminine) moustache, mustache
  2. (feminine, often, plural) whisker (of a cat)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mus.taʃ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Neapolitan mustaccio (compare Italian mostaccio), from Early Medieval Latin mustācium, from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), diminutive from Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax).

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