moustache
French, noun/mus.taʃ/
moustache is spelled M-O-U-S-T-A-C-H-E (9 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moustache is a French feminine noun meaning “moustache, mustache” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poils qui poussent au-dessus de la lèvre supérieure”.
What does moustache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoustache, mustache
- 2
femininewhisker (of a cat)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poils qui poussent au-dessus de la lèvre supérieure. 2. Vibrisse, longs poils que les chats, les lions et d’autres animaux ont autour de la gueule. 3. Masse des longs poils qui recouvrent les pieds de certains chevaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of moustache
- moustaches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moustache?
- /mus.taʃ/
- \mus.taʃ\
- [la mus.taʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moustache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moustache in French?
moustache appears 5.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).