musk

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
2. (countable, uncountable) A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
3. (countable, uncountable) A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
4. (countable, uncountable) The odour of musk.
5. (countable, uncountable) A musk deer (genus Moschus).
6. (countable, uncountable) A muskflower (Erythranthe moschata).
7. (countable, uncountable) A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); the musky heronsbill.
8. (countable, uncountable) A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
9. (colloquial, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed.

Verb

To perfume with musk.

sinonimi

civet

calf

masque

roedeer

river deer

Traduzioni

almizcle

musc

Moschus

muskus

misk

Bisam

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/mʌsk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: muske

Affine persiano: مشک

In summary

From Middle English muske, borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠muʃk⁠/) whence Persian مشک (mošk). Ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland of animals secreting the substance being compared to human testicles, a diminutive of मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”). Cognate with mouse.