moustache

 
Pronunciation: /məˈstɑːʃ/
(US also mustache)

noun

  • a strip of hair left to grow above the upper lip.
  • (moustaches) a long moustache: a clergyman with long grey moustaches
  • a growth similar to a moustache, or a marking that resembles one, round the mouth of some animals.

Derivatives

moustached

adjective

Origin:

late 16th century: from French, from Italian mostaccio, from Greek mustax, mustak-

Spelling help

Remember that moustache begins with mous- (the spelling mustache is American).