muskiet

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”) or Portuguese mosquito, diminutive of Spanish/Portuguese mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (“fly, stinging fly, gnat”). Cognate with West-Flemish meuzie (“mosquito”), Swedish dialectal mausa (“mosquito”), Lithuanian musė (“a fly”). See also midge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʏsˈkit/
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  • Hyphenation: mus‧kiet
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

muskiet m (plural muskieten, diminutive muskietje n)

  1. a tropical mosquito of the family Culicidae that feeds on blood
  2. any blood-sucking species of mosquito of the family Culicidae
    Synonym: steekmug

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