noun

moustache

mustache

He has a thick, black moustache.

He has a thick, black mustache.

She carefully trimmed her moustache.

She carefully trimmed her mustache.

((to have/grow)) a mustache to have hair growing on the upper lip He has a thick, black mustache.

Synonyms: whiskers (colloquial)

From French 'moustache', from Italian 'mostaccio', ultimately from Greek 'mustak' meaning 'upper lip'.

Note the American English spelling 'mustache' versus the British English 'moustache'.

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