mosquete

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Galician

Etymology

Attested in 1458. From Italian moschetto (“musket”), from moschetta (“Crossbow bolt”), probably through Middle French mouschete.

Pronunciation

Noun

mosquete m (plural mosquetes)

  1. musket
    • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 341:
      que lles tomaran ao dito Loys Caldellas duas dobras et triinta mrs e a espada et o mosquete et a capa et huun çinto et un esqueiro
      they robbed Lois Caldelas two doubloons, thirty mor. and the sword and the musket and the cloack and a sheath and a tinderbox

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian moschetto (“musket”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), through French mousquet.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
  • Hyphenation: mos‧que‧te

Noun

mosquete m (plural mosquetes)

  1. 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)
  2. (colloquial) slap
  3. (Brazil) small stature horse

Spanish

Noun

mosquete m (plural mosquetes)

  1. musket

Derived terms

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