Phrase guide

mosquito coil

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A mosquito-repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: спира́ла проти́в кома́ри (spirála protív komári) — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蚊香 (wénxiāng) — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Finnish: hyttyskierukka — mosquito-repelling incense
  • French: spirale anti-moustique — mosquito-repelling incense
  • French: serpentin anti-moustique — mosquito-repelling incense
  • German: Mückenspirale — mosquito-repelling incense
  • German: Antimückenspirale — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Indonesian: obat nyamuk bakar — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Italian: zampirone — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Italian: piroconofobo — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Japanese: 蚊取り線香 (katori senkō) — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Khmer: ធូបមូស (thuupmuuh) — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Korean: 모기향 (mogihyang) — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Malay: lingkaran ubat nyamuk — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Malay: gegelung nyamuk — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Romanian: spirală anti-țânțar — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Russian: противокомари́ная спира́ль (protivokomarínaja spirálʹ) — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Spanish: raidolito — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Swedish: myggspiral — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Tagalog: katol — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Tamil: கொசுவத்தி (kocuvatti) — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Tamil: நுளம்புத்திரி (nuḷamputtiri) — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Thai: ยาจุดกันยุง (yaa-jùt-gan-yung) — mosquito-repelling incense
  • Vietnamese: nhang muỗi — mosquito-repelling incense