mustasch

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French moustache, from Italian mostaccio, ultimately Greek μύσταξ (mýstax, “upper lip; moustache”). Attested since circa 1680.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɵˈstɑːɧ/
    • (Northern and Central Swedish) IPA(key): [-ɑːʂ]

Noun

mustasch c

  1. moustache (hair on upper lip)
    Synonyms: musch, snorbroms
    Holonyms: ansiktsbehåring, skäggväxt

Declension

Declension of mustasch
nominative genitive
singular indefinite mustasch mustaschs
definite mustaschen mustaschens
plural indefinite mustascher mustaschers
definite mustascherna mustaschernas

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