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Tache
//tɑːʃ// name, noun, slang
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A placename; Ellipsis of La Tache, alternative form of La Tâche. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 2 A placename; Ellipsis of Le Tache, alternative form of Le Tâche. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 3 A surname from French. (Alternative form of Taché) countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 Moustache, mustache. informal
- 2 A spot, stain, or blemish. archaic
"the herynge or seynge of any vice or euyl tache"
- 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”).
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