"moustache" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /mus.taʃ/ Audio: Fr-moustache.ogg Forms: moustaches [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Neapolitan mustaccio (compare Italian mostaccio), from Early Medieval Latin mustācium, from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), diminutive from Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|nap|mustaccio|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Neapolitan mustaccio, {{bor+|fr|nap|mustaccio}} Borrowed from Neapolitan mustaccio, {{cog|it|mostaccio}} Italian mostaccio, {{der|fr|la-eme|mustācium}} Early Medieval Latin mustācium, {{der|fr|gkm|μουστάκιον}} Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), {{der|fr|grc|μύσταξ}} Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} moustache f (plural moustaches)
  1. moustache, mustache Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-moustache-fr-noun-EMcjFY68 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. (often in plural) whisker (of a cat) Tags: feminine, often, plural
    Sense id: en-moustache-fr-noun-Bo-F9Y4j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moustachu

Inflected forms

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