mosqueta

Catalan

Etymology

From mosca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [musˈkɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mosˈkə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mosˈke.ta]

Noun

mosqueta f (plural mosquetes)

1. synonym of mosquiter (“leaf warbler”)
2. synonym of roser mesquer

Descendants

• → Spanish: mosqueta

Further reading

• “mosqueta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “mosqueta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mosqueta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Latin

Noun

mōsquēta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mōsquētum

Occitan

mosqueta

Alternative forms

• mosquèa

Etymology

From French mosquée.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mosqueta f (plural mosquetas)

1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan mosqueta, from Latin muscus (“moss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mosˈketa/ [mosˈke.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: mos‧que‧ta

Noun

mosqueta f (plural mosquetas)

1. shell game
2. cold hard cash
3. sweetbrier, eglantine (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria)

   Synonym: rosa mosqueta

4. (Andalusia, with "salir") nosebleed

   Me ha salido la mosqueta

   I have a nosebleed

Derived terms

• mosqueta parda

Further reading

• “mosqueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025