mosquete

Galician

Etymology

Attested in 1458. From Italian moschetto (musket), from moschetta (Crossbow bolt), probably through Middle French mouschete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mosˈkete̝/

Noun

mosquete m (plural mosquetes)

  1. musket
    • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 341:
      que lles tomaran ao dito Loys Caldellas duas dobras et triinta mrs e a espada et o mosquete et a capa et huun çinto et un esqueiro
      they robbed Lois Caldelas two doubloons, thirty mor. and the sword and the musket [crossbow?!] and the cloack and a sheath and a tinderbox

References

  • mosquete” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • mosquete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • mosquete” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian moschetto (musket), diminutive of mosca (fly), from Latin musca (fly).

Pronunciation

Noun

mosquete m (plural mosquetes)

  1. musket (firearm)

Spanish

Noun

mosquete m (plural mosquetes)

  1. musket
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