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moustique
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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
Noun
moustique m (plural moustiques)
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.
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Norman
Etymology
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Noun
moustique f (plural moustiques)
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