musch
Swedish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French mouche (“fly”), attested since 1710.
Alternative forms
- (archaic spelling) mouche, mouch, mousche, mosch, much
Noun
musch c
- (cosmetics) a beauty spot; a small black dot painted or attached to the skin for beauty
- 1788 March 8, “Kundgjörelser: [Announcements:]”, in Norrköpings Tidningar:
- På Apotheket Kronan, finnes Engelstr Musch-pläster.
- At Pharmacy Kronan, English beauty spot patches are available.
- Hypernym: skönhetsfläck (“beaty spot”)
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- (knitting) a decorative rise on knitted textile
- 2021 December 15, Malin Rosdahl, “Sticka tröja med små muscher”, in Allas:
- På stickor nr 5 1⁄2 stickar du nya fina tröjan, uppifrån och ner, med söta muscher som faller från varje axel.
- On knitting needles no. 5 1⁄2, knit a new nice sweater, from top to bottom, with cute rises that fall from each shoulder.
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Declension
Declension of musch | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | musch | muschen | muscher | muscherna |
Genitive | muschs | muschens | muschers | muschernas |
Noun
musch c
- Clipping of mustasch (“mustache”).
- 2021 November 30, Måns Lindman, “Tema Movember: Bästa mustascherna på film [Theme Movember: The best mustaches on film]”, in Gamereactor:
- […] från bästa musch till årets miss-tasche.
- […] from best tache to the year's mis-tache.
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Declension
Declension of musch | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | musch | muschen | muscher | muscherna |
Genitive | muschs | muschens | muschers | muschernas |
Derived terms
- moppemusch (“peachfuzz”)
References
- musch in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- musch in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)