moustiquaire
French, noun/mus.ti.kɛʁ/
moustiquaire is spelled M-O-U-S-T-I-Q-U-A-I-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moustiquaire is a French feminine noun meaning “mosquito net” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rideau de gaze ou de mousseline très claire dont on entoure les lits dans les pays où on a besoin de se…”.
What does moustiquaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemosquito net
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rideau de gaze ou de mousseline très claire dont on entoure les lits dans les pays où on a besoin de se préserver de la piqûre des moustiques. 2. Grillage fin en plastique servant à empêcher les moustiques d’entrer quelque part.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of moustiquaire
- moustiquaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moustiquaire?
- /mus.ti.kɛʁ/
- \mus.ti.kɛʁ\
- \mʊs.ti.kaɛ̯ʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is moustiquaire in French?
moustiquaire appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).