"fly" in seven languages
Meaningfly
Spanish
mosca
/ˈmoska/
fem.inherited
French
mouche
/muʃ/
fem.inherited
Italian
mosca
/ˈmoska/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
mosca
/ˈmoskɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
muscă
/ˈmuskə/
fem.inherited
Catalan
mosca
/ˈmoskə/
fem.inherited
English
fly
/flaɪ/
native English · Old English flēoge
English → ItalianflymoscaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: mosquito (Spanish 'little fly'), musket.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MUSCAM‘fly’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
English mosquito is simply Spanish for 'little fly'. French turned -SCA into -che, as with vache and bouche.
English relatives: mosquito (Spanish 'little fly'), musket
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- es¡Hay una mosca en mi sopa!
- frIl y a une mouche dans ma soupe !
- itC'è una mosca nella mia minestra!
- ptTem uma mosca na minha sopa!
- roE o muscă în supa mea!
- caHi ha una mosca a la meva sopa!
- enThere's a fly in my soup!