Masculine
mosquito
Meaning
- (masculine) mosquito
- (masculine) gnat
- (Mexico, colloquial, masculine) trimmer
- (diminutive, form-of, masculine) diminutive of mosco (“small fly”)
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mosco
Synonyms
Translations
Mücke
moustique
zanzara
mosquito
mug
culex
mosquit
sivrisinek
κουνούπιFrequency
Hyphenated as
mos‧qui‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mosˈkito/
Etymology
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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