moth

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
2. (figuratively) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

Verb

To hunt for moths.

Sinonieme

butterfly

🦋

miller

moths

butterflies

insect

beetle

🪲

fly

✈️

bug

🐛

silkworm moth

kind of insect

clothes’ moth

xbutterfly

butterfly moth

true butterfly

true butterflies

butterfly moths

Lepidopter

borer

clothes-moth

grub

lepidopteran

mahogany

mole

bagworm

Vertalings

Motte

polilla

tarma

Nachtfalter

falena

mite

mariposa

🦋

mot

arna

papillon de nuit

nachtvlinder

phalène

traça

uiltje

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mɒθ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: moth

Geërf van Old English: moþþe

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Motte

Verwante met Fries: mot

Verwante met Nederlands: mot

Verwante met Duits: Motte

Verwante met Sweeds: mott

In summary

From Middle English moth, moththe, motthe, moght, mohþe, mouȝte, from Old English moþþe, mohþe, mohþa (“any destructive insect larva”), from Proto-West Germanic *moþþō, *mottō, from Proto-Germanic *muþþô, *muttô (“moth, worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *mutn-, *mut- (“worm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Motte (“moth”), West Frisian mot (“moth”), Dutch mot (“moth”), German Low German Motte, Mott (“moth”), German Motte (“moth”), Swedish mott (“moth”) and Norwegian Nynorsk mott (“moth”).