mosqueta
Catalan
Etymology
From mosca.
Pronunciation
Noun
mosqueta f (plural mosquetes)
- synonym of mosquiter (“leaf warbler”)
- synonym of roser mesquer
Descendants
- → Spanish: mosqueta
Further reading
- “mosqueta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “mosqueta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “mosqueta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Latin
Noun
mōsquēta
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mōsquētum
Occitan
Alternative forms
- mosquèa
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedoc): (file)
Noun
mosqueta f (plural mosquetas)
- mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan mosqueta, from Latin muscus (“moss”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mosˈketa/ [mosˈke.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: mos‧que‧ta
Noun
mosqueta f (plural mosquetas)
- shell game
- cold hard cash
- sweetbrier, eglantine (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria)
- Synonym: rosa mosqueta
- (Andalusia, with "salir") nosebleed
- Me ha salido la mosqueta
- I have a nosebleed
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mosqueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024