Masculine
mosquete
Meaning
- (masculine) musket (ancient firearm, portable, with a wide barrel and flintlock ignition, initially supported on a fork for firing and widely used in the 16th century)
- (colloquial, masculine) slap
- (Brazil, masculine) small stature horse
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Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mosˈke.t͡ʃi/
Etymology
In summary
From Italian moschetto (“musket”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), through French mousquet.
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