Other forms: mustaches
A mustache is the hair that grows above a man's upper lip. Grow a mustache, a thick mustache, trim the mustache.
This is the American spelling; British writing has moustache with an o. Styles have their own names — the pencil, the walrus, the handlebar — and fashion in them swings hard, disappearing for a generation and returning.
1nounmustacheHair grown on the upper lip.
“My grandfather had a thick grey mustache that curled at the ends.”
mustache is facial hair.
Also accepted in games: moustache
Ancient Greek
μύσταξ — upper lip
Medieval Greek
μουστάκιον
la-eme
mustācium
Italian
mostaccio
Middle French
moustache
English
moustache
English, today
mustache
moustache Used in English since the 16th century. From Middle French moustache from Italian mostaccio, from la-eme mustācium, from Medieval Greek μουστάκιον, diminutive of (Doric) Ancient Greek μύσταξ (“upper lip”), of unknown origin (probably a qsb-grc substrate). Replaced native kemp, from cenep.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA