moth

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

tarma

falena

tignola

camola

farfalla

🦋

farfalla notturna

farfalle diurne

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

Motte

polilla

Nachtfalter

mite

mariposa

🦋

mot

arna

papillon de nuit

nachtvlinder

phalène

uiltje

güve

traça

papilio

🦋

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/mɒθ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: moth

Ereditato da inglese antico: moþþe

Affine saterfriesisch: Motte

Affine frisone occidentale: mot

Affine olandese: mot

Affine tedesco: Motte

Affine svedese: 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”).