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noun, feminine

moustache

/mus.taʃ/

noun, feminine/mus.taʃ/plural: moustaches

moustache, mustache; whisker (of a cat)

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