Feminine
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mug

Meaning

  1. (feminine) a mosquito, a gnat, any fly of the suborder Nematocera except sometimes the larger tropical species (which are commonly called muskiet)
  2. (feminine, figuratively) a bug, an insignificant individual

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mʏx/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch mugge, from Old Dutch *mugga, from Proto-West Germanic *muggju, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō (“midge”). Compare Low German mügge, German Mücke, West Frisian mich, English midge, Danish myg.

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