abelmosco

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abelmosco, from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic أَبُو الْمِسْك (ʔabū l-misk, “father of musk”), or حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “grain of musk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.belˈmɔs.ko/, [äbe̞l̺ˈmɔs̪ko]
• Hyphenation: a‧bel‧mò‧sco

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoschi)

1. musk mallow ()
2. abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus)

Further reading

• abelmosco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic أَبُو الْمِسْك (ʔabū l-misk, “father of musk”), or حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “grain of musk”).

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)

1. abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus, an evergreen shrub of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa)

   Synonym: ambreta

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic أَبُو الْمِسْك (ʔabū l-misk, “father of musk”), or حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “grain of musk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abelˈmosko/ [a.β̞elˈmos.ko]

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)

1. abelmosk (evergreen shrub, Abelmoschus moschatus)

Descendants

• → Italian: abelmosco

External links

• “abelmosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014