noun · rare

gnat

gnat · gnats

комар, мушка, мошка

комар, мошка

Mücke, Stechmücke

A biting insect, especially a mosquitoA biting insect, especially a mosquito.

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/næt/

» The wind drove off the gnats.

Meaning

2 senses

A biting insect, especially a mosquito.
Stechmücke, Schnake, Mücke
мо́шкаmóška, кома́рkomár
мошкаmoška, мушкаmuška, комарkomar
(British usage) mosquito
(informal)An annoying person.

Examples

7 sentences

The wind drove off the gnats.
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I was bitten by a gnat.
deMich hat eine Stechmücke gestochen.
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The cow missed being hit by a gnat's whisker.
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You strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
ruТы придираешься к мелочам, а главного не видишь.
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The gnats swarmed us.
deDie Mücken umschwärmten uns.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

any small insect of the order Diptera:

Русский

By meaning 1

any small insect of the order Diptera:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

any small insect of the order Diptera:

Origin

From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-Wes

From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mosquito”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw.

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Forms

plural: gnats

Singular	gnat
Plural	gnats

regular

gnat

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