- moustache, mustache
- شارِب \ moustache, mustache: hair growing on a man’s upper lip.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
moustache, mustache
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moustache — (BrE) (AmE mustache) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ thick, thin ▪ long ▪ small ▪ bushy, curly, droopy … Collocations dictionary
mustache — US var. of MOUSTACHE. * * * mustache see moustache … Useful english dictionary
moustache — Mustache Mus*tache (m[u^]s*t[.a]sh ; 277), n.; pl. {Mustaches}. [Written also {moustache}.] [F. moustache, It. mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. my stax upper lip and the beard upon it; cf. ma stax mouth: cf. Sp. mostacho.] 1. That… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mustache — Mus*tache (m[u^]s*t[.a]sh ; 277), n.; pl. {Mustaches}. [Written also {moustache}.] [F. moustache, It. mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. my stax upper lip and the beard upon it; cf. ma stax mouth: cf. Sp. mostacho.] 1. That part of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mustache March — is annual event occurring in the month of March, where young men in the United States grow mustaches for amusement and to raise money for charity. The idea stems from an early Air Force tradition in which members of the U.S. Air Force would grow… … Wikipedia
mustache — [mus′tash΄, məs tash′] n. [Fr moustache < It mostacchio, mustache < MGr mustaki < Gr mystax, upper lip, mustache < mastax, a mouth, jaws < IE base * menth > MOUTH] 1. a) the hair that a man has let grow out on his upper lip:… … English World dictionary
moustache — see MUSTACHE (Cf. mustache). Related: moustachial … Etymology dictionary
mustache — (n.) 1580s, from Fr. moustache (15c.), from It. mostaccio, from Medieval Gk. moustakion, dim. of Doric mystax (gen. mystakos) upper lip, mustache, related to mastax jaws, mouth, lit. that with which one chews, from PIE root *mendh to chew (see… … Etymology dictionary
mustache — (esp. Brit. moustache) ► NOUN ▪ a strip of hair left to grow above a man s upper lip. DERIVATIVES mustached adjective. ORIGIN French, from Greek mustax … English terms dictionary
Moustache — Mous tache , n. [F.] Mustache. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
moustache — (with stress on the second syllable) is the normal spelling in BrE, but mustache (with stress on the first syllable) is more usual in AmE … Modern English usage
