košenil

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cochenille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koʃěnil/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧še‧nil

Noun

košènil m anim (Cyrillic spelling кошѐнил)

  1. (zoology) cochineal (type of insect from which red dye was traditionally derived)

References

  • “košenil”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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