moustique
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish mosquito, diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca, whence also the French doublet mouche (“a fly”). The metathesis of /k/ and /t/ might have been due to influence of tique (“a tick”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /mus.tik/
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Noun
[edit]moustique m (plural moustiques)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Seychellois Creole: moustik
Further reading
[edit]- “moustique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norman
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]moustique f (plural moustiques)
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