moscato

moscato (countable and uncountable, plural moscatos)

1. A white grape variety used to make light, sweet white wine.
2. A wine made with this grape.

• scotoma, coatoms

• IPA^(key): /mosˈka.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: mo‧scà‧to

From mosca (“fly”) +‎ -ato (“having, resembling”).

moscato (feminine moscata, masculine plural moscati, feminine plural moscate)

1. characterized by black spots (of a horse's coat)
2. (rare) characterized by black spots

From Late Latin muscus (“moss”).

• moscado (archaic)

moscato (feminine moscata, masculine plural moscati, feminine plural moscate)

1. musky

moscato m (plural moscati)

1. (archaic) musk

   Synonym: muschio

2. moscato (grape variety)
3. the wine made from such grapes

• moscatello

• moscato¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• moscato² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• scotoma, stomaco, stomacò