moustique

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /mus.tik/

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Noun

moustique m (plural moustiques)

1. mosquito
2. gnat

Related terms

• anti-moustiques
• démoustication
• démoustiquer
• moustiquaire
• moustique tigre

Descendants

• Seychellois Creole: moustik

Further reading

• “moustique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

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Noun

moustique f (plural moustiques)

1. (Jersey) mosquito