"moustique" meaning in French

See moustique in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mus.tik/ Audio: Fr-moustique.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-moustique.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-moustique.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-moustique.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: moustiques [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|es|mosquito}} Borrowed from Spanish mosquito, {{der|fr|la|musca|nocat=1}} Latin musca, {{metathesis|fr}} metathesis Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} moustique m (plural moustiques)
  1. mosquito Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-moustique-fr-noun-0ZlJw9Qi Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French words derived through metathesis, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dipterans Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 67 17 17 Disambiguation of French words derived through metathesis: 67 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 63 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of Dipterans: 58 40 2
  2. gnat Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-moustique-fr-noun-bQ7Xp-ef
  3. (France, slang) pest Tags: France, masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-moustique-fr-noun-OXWhjCEU Categories (other): French French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anti-moustiques, démoustication, démoustiquer, moustiquaire, moustique tigre

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "lang_code": "mfe",
      "word": "moustik"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Seychellois Creole",
      "lang_code": "crs",
      "word": "moustik"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "args": {
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moustiques",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "moustique m (plural moustiques)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "anti-moustiques"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "démoustication"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "démoustiquer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "moustiquaire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "moustique tigre"
    }
  ],
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        },
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 19 19",
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        },
        {
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      ],
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        ]
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      ]
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        ]
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      ]
    },
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "pest",
          "pest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(France, slang) pest"
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Lyon"
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}
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    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Spanish",
    "French terms derived from Spanish",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French words derived through metathesis",
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    "Pages with entries",
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      "word": "moustik"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Seychellois Creole",
      "lang_code": "crs",
      "word": "moustik"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "démoustication"
    },
    {
      "word": "démoustiquer"
    },
    {
      "word": "moustiquaire"
    },
    {
      "word": "moustique tigre"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "mosquito"
        ]
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          "gnat"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
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        ]
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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