moustache

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

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

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/məˈstɑːʃ/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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.

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