abelmosco

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abelmosco, from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.belˈmɔ.sko/
Rhymes: -ɔsko
Hyphenation: a‧bel‧mò‧sco

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoschi)

Further reading

abelmosco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bewˈmos.ku/ [a.beʊ̯ˈmos.ku]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.bewˈmoʃ.ku/ [a.beʊ̯ˈmoʃ.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bewˈmos.ko/ [a.beʊ̯ˈmos.ko]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɛlˈmoʃ.ku/ [ɐ.βɛɫˈmoʃ.ku]

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)

abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus, an evergreen shrub of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa)
Synonym: ambreta

Further reading

“abelmosco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abelˈmosko/ [a.β̞elˈmos.ko]
Rhymes: -osko
Syllabification: a‧bel‧mos‧co

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)

abelmosk (evergreen shrub, Abelmoschus moschatus)

Descendants

→ Italian: abelmosco
→ Norwegian Bokmål: abelmoskus

Further reading

“abelmosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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