moustache — [ mustaʃ ] n. f. • 1549; it. mostaccio, bas gr. mustaki, gr. a. mustax « lèvre supérieure » 1 ♦ Poils qui garnissent la lèvre supérieure de l homme. ⇒fam. 2. bacchante. Un homme qui porte la moustache, des moustaches. ⇒ moustachu. Longues,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
moustache — MOUSTACHE. s. f. Barbe qu on laisse au dessus de la levre d enhaut. Grande moustache. belle moustache. moustache à l Espagnole. moustache retroussée. relever la moustache. On appelle aussi Moustache, Les poils que les chats, les lyons, & quelques … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Moustache — Mous tache , n. [F.] Mustache. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Moustache — (franz., spr. mustāsch ), Schnurrbart … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Moustache — (frz., spr. mustásch), Knebelbart, Schnurrbart … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
moustache — see MUSTACHE (Cf. mustache). Related: moustachial … Etymology dictionary
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
moustache — Moustache, Mistax. Est autem {{t=g}}mustax{{/t}} labij superioris barba … Thresor de la langue françoyse
moustache — (US also mustache) ► NOUN ▪ a strip of hair left to grow above a man s upper lip. DERIVATIVES moustached adjective. ORIGIN French, from Greek mustax … English terms dictionary
moustache — [mus′tash΄, məs tash′] n. alt. sp. of MUSTACHE … English World dictionary
Moustache — This article is about the type of facial hair. For other uses, see Moustache (disambiguation). Panayot Hitov s moustache Bulgarian hajduk and revolutionary … Wikipedia
