Maschile
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mosquito

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (masculine) mosquito
  2. (masculine) gnat
  3. (Mexico, colloquial, masculine) trimmer
  4. (diminutive, form-of, masculine) diminutive of mosco (“small fly”)

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mosco

Frequenza

C2
Con il trattino come
mos‧qui‧to
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/mosˈkito/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish mosquito, from mosca + -ito. Cognate with Sicilian muschitta (“midge”), Italian moschetto. Doublet of mosquete (“musket”)

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