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.belˈmɔs.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɔsko
• Hyphenation: a‧bel‧mò‧sco

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoschi)

1. musk mallow (Malva moschata)
2. abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus)

Further reading

• “abelmosco”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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]

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

 

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

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

Noun

abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)

1. abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus, an evergreen shrub of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa)

   Synonym: ambreta

Further reading

• “abelmosco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abelmosco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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)

1. abelmosk (evergreen shrub, Abelmoschus moschatus)

Descendants

• → Italian: abelmosco
• → Norwegian Bokmål: abelmoskus

Further reading

• “abelmosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025