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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (gnat) or Portuguese mosquito, diminutive of Spanish/Portuguese mosca (fly), from Latin musca (fly), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (fly, stinging fly, gnat). Cognate with West-Flemish meuzie (mosquito), Swedish dialectal mausa (mosquito), Lithuanian musė (a fly). See also midge.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mʏsˈkit/
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  • Hyphenation: mus‧kiet
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun edit

muskiet m (plural muskieten, diminutive muskietje n)

  1. A tropical mosquito of the family Culicidae that feeds on blood.
  2. Any blood-sucking species of mosquito of the family Culicidae.
    Synonym: steekmug

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: muskiet
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: maskiti
  • Negerhollands: moeskit, moskite, muskit, moskit
  • Sranan Tongo: maskita