abelmosco

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abelmosco, from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.belˈmɔs.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsko
  • Hyphenation: a‧bel‧mò‧sco

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoschi)

  1. musk mallow (Malva moschata)
  2. abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus)

Further reading

  • abelmosco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bewˈmos.ku/ [a.beʊ̯ˈmos.ku]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.bewˈmoʃ.ku/ [a.beʊ̯ˈmoʃ.ku]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bewˈmos.ko/ [a.beʊ̯ˈmos.ko]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɛlˈmoʃ.ku/ [ɐ.βɛɫˈmoʃ.ku]

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)

  1. abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus, an evergreen shrub of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa)
    Synonym: ambreta

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abelˈmosko/ [a.β̞elˈmos.ko]
  • Rhymes: -osko
  • Syllabification: a‧bel‧mos‧co

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)

  1. abelmosk (evergreen shrub, Abelmoschus moschatus)

Descendants

  • → Italian: abelmosco
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: abelmoskus

Further reading

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