Phrase guide

mosquito net

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fine net, placed around a bed, in a window opening, etc., to provide protection against mosquitoes and other insects, and the diseases carried by them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a fine net or screen (especially around beds) to protect against mosquitos

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: screen

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Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَامُوسِيَّة (nāmūsiyya) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Chadian Arabic: سنقة (sange) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Belarusian: маскітная сетка (maskitnaja sjetka) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Central Bikol: kubong — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Burmese: ခြင်ထောင် (hkranghtaung) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Catalan: mosquitera — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Cebuano: moskitero — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蚊帳 /蚊帐 — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Chinese: 蠓罩 (zh-min-nan) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蚊帳 /蚊帐 (wénzhàng) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mustakera — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Czech: moskytiéra — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Danish: myggenet — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Dutch: klamboe — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Dutch: muskietennet — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Dutch: muskietengaas — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Esperanto: kulvualo — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Finnish: hyttysverkko — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • French: moustiquaire — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Galician: mosquiteiro — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Galician: mosqueiro — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • German: Moskitonetz — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Greek: κουνουπιέρα (kounoupiéra) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Greenlandic: ippernaaqqut — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Gujarati: મચ્છરદાની (macchardānī) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Hindi: मच्छरदानी (macchardānī) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Hungarian: szúnyogháló — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Ido: paramoskito — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Ilocano: kulambo — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Indonesian: kelambu — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Italian: zanzariera — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Japanese: 蚊帳 (kaya) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Japanese: 蚊屋 (kaya) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Kachchi: મછરદાની (machardānī) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Khmer: មុង (mung) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Khmer: មុងផ្លិត (muŋ plət) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Korean: 모기장 (mogijang) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Lao: ສຸດ (sut) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Lao: ມຸ້ງ (mung) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Lao: ມຸສະ (mu sa) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Latin: cōnōpēum — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • : ᦉᦳᧆ (ṡud) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Macedonian: комарник (komarnik) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Maguindanao: kulambu — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Malay: kelambu — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Mansaka: korambo — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Maranao: bakokong — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Maranao: kolambo — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Old English: myċġnett — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Pannonian Rusyn: сунякалов (sunjakalov) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Polish: moskitiera — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Polish: komarnik — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Portuguese: mosquiteiro — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Punjabi: ਮੱਛਰਦਾਨੀ (macchardānī) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Russian: накома́рник (nakomárnik) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Russian: моски́тная се́тка (moskítnaja sétka) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Shan: သုတ်း (sút) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Old Slovak: suňoghaló — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Spanish: mosquitero — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Spanish: toldillo — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Swahili: chandarua — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Swahili: kiandarua cha mbu — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Swedish: myggnät — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Tagalog: kulambo — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Tamil: கொசுவலை (kocuvalai) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Tausug: kulambo — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Thai: มุ้ง (múng) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Turkish: cibinlik — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Ottoman Turkish: جبینلك (cibinlik) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Ukrainian: москітна сітка (moskitna sitka) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Ukrainian: москітова сітка (moskitova sitka) — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Vietnamese: màn — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Vietnamese: mùng — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Waray-Waray: moskitero — fine net used to protect against mosquitos
  • Welsh: rhwyd fosgitos — fine net used to protect against mosquitos