Meaning

1 senses

  1. A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

    Mücke, Stechmücke, Schnake

    кома́рkomár, моски́тmoskít

    кома́рkomár, москі́тmoskít

    two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

Examples

240 sentences

  1. Tom was bitten by a mosquito.

    Тома укусив комар. — deniko

    ruТома укусил комар. — odexed

    deTom wurde von einer Mücke gestochen. — Melang

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  2. Flies and mosquitoes interfered with his meditation.

    Мухи та комарі заважали йому медитувати. — ChickenKiev

    ruМухи и комары помешали ему медитировать. — shanghainese

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  3. There were many mosquitoes in the room.

    У кімнаті було багато комарів. — deniko

    ruВ комнате было много комаров. — ZegPhig

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  4. I was bitten by a mosquito.

    Мене вкусив комар. — deniko

    ruМеня укусил комар. — marafon

    deIch bin von einer Mücke gestochen worden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. A mosquito just bit me.

    Мене щойно укусив комар. — deniko

    ruМеня только что укусил комар. — heccele

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood:
Русский
By meaning 1
small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood:

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“f

Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (“fly, stinging fly, gnat”). Cognate with West Flemish meuzie (“mosquito”), dialectal Swedish mausa (“fly”), Lithuanian musė (“a fly”) and Sicilian muschitta (“midge”). See also midge. First attested in the 1580s.

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Forms

plural: mosquitoes / mosquitos
Singularmosquito
Pluralmosquitoes / mosquitos

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
mossieskeetermozzie

Word family

33 related words
Relatedmossieskeeterskeeto
Derivedantimosquitomalaria mosquitomosquitalmosquitariummosquito barmosquito bitemosquitocidemosquito coilmosquito drawersmosquito dunkmosquito-eatermosquitoeymosquito fernmosquitofishmosquito fleetmosquitogenicmosquito hawkmosquitoishmosquito larvamosquitolessmosquito netmosquito nettingmosquito partymosquito plant

Collocations

3 patterns
  • mosquito bites
  • bitten by mosquitoes
  • lot of mosquitoes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mosaicmosqueA2mossB1mossymostA2
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