bigode

Meaning

1. (masculine) moustache, mustache
2. (masculine, plural-normally) whisker (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Concepts

moustache

mustache

whisker

sideburns

vibrissa

tache

sensory hair

beard

stache

moustaches

mustaches

Synonyms

bigodes

barba

Translations

moustache

bigote

Schnurrbart

snor

bigoti

baffi

baffo

μουστάκι

bıyık

bacchante

mystax

charmeuses

mostatxo

شارب

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biˈɡɔ.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: bigode

Cognate with Catalan: bigoti

In summary

Unknown. Theories include:
* from Middle High German bi got (“by God”) (modern bei Gott (“by God”)), due to the use of moustache by Landsknecht mercenaries;
* from vigote, diminutive of viga (“beam”).
Cognate with Galician bigode, Mirandese, Asturian, Spanish, and Aragonese bigote and Catalan bigoti.

Sentences

Um homem de bigode tenta esculpir em um pilar de concreto .

A man with a mustache tries to carve on a concrete pillar.