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mustard¹

  • /ˈmʌstəɹd/
  • [ˈmɐ̞s.təd] Australia
  • [ˈmʌs.təd] UK
  • [ˈmʊs.təd] Northern England
  • [ˈmʌs.tɚd] US

Sounds like mustered · Rhymes with -ʌstə(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep, from Latin sināpi (“mustard”). Sometimes mistakenly thought to come from Latin mustum ardens, but such a Latin phrase is not attested, and it is well understood that that the final -ard is derived from Old French -arde. Doublet of mostarda.

noun mustards

  1. uncountable, usually A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).

    Similar: senvy

  2. uncountable, usually Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice. When the waitress brought the food, I asked whether she had any Dijon mustard.
  3. uncountable, usually The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad. Mustard and cress sandwiches.
  4. uncountable, usually Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
  5. uncountable, usually One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
  6. uncountable, usually The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
  7. abbreviation, ellipsis, uncountable, usually Ellipsis of mustard gas
  8. colloquial, uncountable, usually Energy, power (when throwing a baseball). He's left-handed and in his adulthood didn't have a baseball glove to call his own. He borrowed one of mine and just out of the car, still wearing his lab coat having worked an overnight shift, he taught himself to throw right-handed and put plenty of mustard on it.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of a dark yellow colour. Everything about her year-old restaurant, from the minimalist menu (about a dozen items) with refreshingly drivel-free descriptions to the decor (unadorned warm mustard walls, unclothed bistro tables), reflects her love of bringing people to the table for good, simple food that's not eclipsed by bel
  2. not comparable, slang Very good, or very skilled. My expectations of public services were nil, so any time within a month was fine by me. They did it in less than a week, which was mustard.

Mustard²

proper noun Mustards

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mustard greens, leaf mustard, indian mustard, table mustard, rapeseed, brown, cream, seed, quinacrine, phenylalanine, doctor, gram, jf, relish, sauce, seasoning

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noun plant

Españolmostaza, jenabe, jenable
日本語カラシ karashi, からし karashi
हिन्दीसरसों sarsõ, ख़र्दल xardal, राई rāī
Portuguêsmostardeira, mostarda
Françaismoutarde
DeutschSenf
Italianosenape
Ελληνικάσινάπι sinápi
Românămuștar
Русскийгорчи́ца gorčíca
العربيةخَرْدَل ḵardal
עבריתחַרְדָּל khardál

noun colour

한국어겨자색 gyeojasaek
日本語芥子色 karashi iro
Portuguêsmostarda, amarelo-mostarda
Italianosenape
Ελληνικάμουσταρδί moustardí
Românămuștar
Русскийгорчи́чный gorčíčnyj

noun condiment

Españolmostaza
한국어겨자 gyeoja, 머스터드 meoseuteodeu
日本語芥子 karashi, マスタード masutādo
中文芥末 jièmò
हिन्दीसरसों sarsõ, ख़र्दल xardal, राई rāī
Kiswahiliharadali
Portuguêsmostarda
Françaismoutarde
DeutschSenf
Italianosenape
Ελληνικάμουστάρδα moustárda
Românămuștar
Русскийгорчи́ца gorčíca
Tiếng Việtmù tạc
العربيةخَرْدَل ḵardal
עבריתחַרְדָּל khardál

adj of the colour of mustard

Portuguêsmostarda, amarelo-mostarda
Françaismoutarde
Deutschsenffarben
Ελληνικάμουσταρδί moustardí

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"mustard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mustard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mustard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mustard

Chicago

"mustard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mustard.

BibTeX
@misc{mustard_2026,
  title = {mustard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mustard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}