Meaning of Moustache | Babel Free
məˈstɑːʃDefinitions
- A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
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A curly bracket, { or }. informal
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
bığ
Български
мустак
བོད་སྐད
ཁ་སྤུ
Čeština
knír
Dansk
overskæg
Ελληνικά
μουστάκι
Eesti
vuntsid
Euskara
bibote
Gaeilge
croiméal
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
ʻumiʻumi
עברית
שפם
हिन्दी
मूँछ
Magyar
bajusz
Հայերեն
բեղ
ქართული
ულვაში
Қазақша
мұрт
ខ្មែរ
ពុកមាត់
Kurdî
Bozo
Кыргызча
мурут
Lingála
monzomba
Lietuvių
ūsai
Latviešu
ūsas
Te Reo Māori
kumikumi
മലയാളം
മീശ
Монгол
живэр сахал
मराठी
मिशी
Malti
mustaċċi
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ကျင်စွယ်
नेपाली
जुँगा
Nederlands
snor
ଓଡ଼ିଆ
ମୁଛ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
مچھ
پښتو
برېت
Português
bigode
Română
mustață
سنڌي
مڇ
Slovenščina
brki
Svenska
mustasch
Kiswahili
masharubu
தமிழ்
மீசை
తెలుగు
మీసం
ئۇيغۇرچە
بۇرۇت
اردو
مونچھ
Oʻzbekcha
moʻylov
Yorùbá
irun ètè
Examples
“A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.”
““A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.”
“A hint of the truth broke on him after Sedan, when he saw the dyed moustaches of Napoleon going grey; another when he entered Paris, and saw the smashed windows of the Tuileries.”
“Ivan, the confidential man with the scar and the moustaches, came out of the house like a cannon ball, and came racing across the lawn to Valentin like a dog to his master.”
“Small, well-knit, fair, he sat stroking his slight blond moustache and looking at her with kindly, almost tender eyes; but he left it to his sister and the others to draw her out and fit her into the pattern.”
“Crabbe caught the eye of the oboist, an ancient man with dignified moustaches, and mimed that they were going round to the front, to watch the real thing, the shadows.”
“The Stan Lee fly, or Daptolestes leei, which is said to share his characteristic sunglasses and white moustache”
“In this example, the first is a string of text that contains the name property in double curly brackets (or “mustaches”)—this is the syntax for a tag.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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