moth

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
2. (figuratively) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

Verb

To hunt for moths.

Conceitos

mariposa

🦋

traça

borboleta

🦋

falena

borboletas

borboleta noturna

Sinônimos

butterfly

🦋

miller

moths

butterflies

insect

beetle

🪲

fly

✈️

bug

🐛

silkworm moth

kind of insect

clothes’ moth

xbutterfly

butterfly moth

true butterfly

true butterflies

butterfly moths

Lepidopter

borer

clothes-moth

grub

lepidopteran

mahogany

mole

bagworm

Traduções

Motte

polilla

tarma

falena

Nachtfalter

mite

mot

arna

papillon de nuit

nachtvlinder

phalène

güve

uiltje

عثة

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mɒθ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: moth

Herdado de inglês arcaico: moþþe

Cognato com Saterfriesisch: Motte

Cognato com frísio ocidental: mot

Cognato com holandês: mot

Cognato com alemão: Motte

Cognato com sueco: mott

In summary

From Middle English moth, moththe, motthe, moght, mohþe, mouȝte, from Old English moþþe, mohþe, mohþa (“any destructive insect larva”), from Proto-West Germanic *moþþō, *mottō, from Proto-Germanic *muþþô, *muttô (“moth, worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *mutn-, *mut- (“worm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Motte (“moth”), West Frisian mot (“moth”), Dutch mot (“moth”), German Low German Motte, Mott (“moth”), German Motte (“moth”), Swedish mott (“moth”) and Norwegian Nynorsk mott (“moth”).