Tache

//tɑːʃ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename; Ellipsis of La Tache, alternative form of La Tâche. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; Ellipsis of Le Tache, alternative form of Le Tâche. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  3. 3
    A surname from French. (Alternative form of Taché) countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Moustache, mustache. informal
  2. 2
    A spot, stain, or blemish. archaic

    "the herynge or seynge of any vice or euyl tache"

  3. 3
    Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch, loop, button.

    "And thou shalt make fiftie taches of gold, and couple the curtaines together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of m(o)ustache.

Etymology 2

From French tache (“a spot”). See tetchy.

Etymology 3

See tack (“a kind of nail”).

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: tache