Standard Lemma guide

Muscat

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmʌskæt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈmʌskət/
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH1 S K AE0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The capital city of Oman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The muscatel wine made from these grapes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The vine bearing this fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muscatel, muscat grape

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vinifera grape

6

noun

Meaning 6

wine from muscat grapes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muscatel, muscadel, muscadelle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fortified wine

7

noun

Meaning 7

a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Masqat, capital of Oman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: port, national capital

8

noun

Meaning 8

any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muskat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vinifera, vinifera grape, common grape vine, Vitis vinifera

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْقَط (masqaṭ).

Borrowed from French muscat.

Across languages

Translations

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Maskat — capital city
  • Afrikaans: Muscat — capital city
  • Albanian: Maskat — capital city
  • Arabic: مَسْقَط (masqaṭ) — capital city
  • Armenian: Մասկատ (Maskat) — capital city
  • Asturian: Mascate — capital city
  • Azerbaijani: Maskat — capital city
  • Azerbaijani: Məsqət — capital city
  • Basque: Maskat — capital city
  • Belarusian: Маска́т (Maskát) — capital city
  • Bengali: মস্কত (moskot) — capital city
  • Bulgarian: Маска́т (Maskát) — capital city
  • Burmese: မတ်စကတ်မြို့ (matca.katmrui.) — capital city
  • Catalan: Masqat — capital city
  • Chinese Cantonese: 馬斯喀特 /马斯喀特 (maa5 si1 kaa3 dak6) — capital city
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬斯喀特 /马斯喀特 (Mǎsīkātè) — capital city
  • Corsican: Mascate — capital city
  • Corsican: Mascati — capital city
  • Czech: Maskat — capital city
  • Danish: Muscat — capital city
  • Danish: Muskat — capital city
  • Dutch: Maskate — capital city
  • Esperanto: Maskato — capital city
  • Estonian: Masqaţ — capital city
  • Estonian: Maskat — capital city
  • Finnish: Masqat — capital city
  • Finnish: Muskat — capital city
  • French: Mascate — capital city
  • Galician: Mascate — capital city
  • Georgian: მასკატი (masḳaṭi) — capital city
  • German: Maskat — capital city
  • Greek: Μασκάτ (Maskát) — capital city
  • Greek: Μουσκάτ (Mouskát) — capital city
  • Hebrew: מוּסְקָט (muskat) — capital city
  • Hindi: मस्कट (maskaṭ) — capital city
  • Hindi: मस्क़त (masqat) — capital city
  • Hungarian: Maszkat — capital city
  • Icelandic: Múskat — capital city
  • Indonesian: Muskat — capital city
  • Italian: Mascate — capital city
  • Japanese: マスカット (Masukatto) — capital city
  • Kalasha: ماسکور (maskor) — capital city
  • Kazakh: Маскат (Maskat) — capital city
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស្កាត (maaskaat) — capital city
  • Korean: 무스카트 (Museukateu) — capital city
  • Northern Kurdish: Mesqet — capital city
  • Kyrgyz: Маскат (Maskat) — capital city
  • Lao: ມາສກັດ (mās kat) — capital city
  • Lao: ມັສກັດ (mas kat) — capital city
  • Latvian: Maskata — capital city
  • Lithuanian: Maskatas — capital city
  • Macedonian: Маскат (Maskat) — capital city
  • Malay: Muscat — capital city
  • Mongolian: Маскат (Maskat) — capital city
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Muskat — capital city
  • Pashto: مسقط (masqát) — capital city
  • Persian: مسقط (masqat) — capital city
  • Polish: Maskat — capital city
  • Portuguese: Mascate — capital city
  • Romanian: Muscat — capital city
  • Russian: Маска́т (Maskát) — capital city
  • Serbo-Croatian: Маскат — capital city
  • Serbo-Croatian: Maskat — capital city
  • Sinhalese: මස්කට් (maskaṭ) — capital city
  • Slovak: Maskat — capital city
  • Slovene: Maskat — capital city
  • Spanish: Mascate — capital city
  • Spanish: Mascat — capital city
  • Swedish: Muskat — capital city
  • Tajik: Масқат (Masqat) — capital city
  • Tamil: மஸ்கத் (maskat) — capital city
  • Tatar: Маскат (Masqat) — capital city
  • Thai: มัสกัต (más-gàt) — capital city
  • Turkmen: Maskat — capital city
  • Ukrainian: Маска́т (Maskát) — capital city
  • Urdu: مسقط (masqat) — capital city
  • Uyghur: ماسقات (masqat) — capital city
  • Uzbek: Maskat — capital city
  • Uzbek: Masqat — capital city
  • Vietnamese: Ma-xcát — capital city
  • Volapük: Mäskat — capital city
  • Yiddish: מוסקאַט (muskat) — capital city
  • Bulgarian: мискет (misket) — grape
  • Crimean Tatar: muskat — grape
  • Crimean Tatar: miskat — grape
  • Irish: musc-chaor — grape
  • Japanese: マスカット (masukatto) — grape
  • Korean: 머스캣 (meoseukaet) — grape
  • Macedonian: му́скат (múskat) — grape
  • Persian: موسکات (muskāt) — grape
  • Persian: مسقطی (masqati) — grape
  • Persian: مشکی (moški) — grape
  • Polish: muszkat — grape
  • Portuguese: moscatel — grape
  • Russian: муска́т (muskát) — grape
  • Yiddish: מושקעט (mushket) — grape
  • Yiddish: מושקאַט (mushkat) — grape
  • Yiddish: מוסקאַט (muskat) — grape
  • Japanese: マスカット (masukatto) — wine
  • Korean: 머스캣 (meoseukaet) — wine
  • Macedonian: му́скат (múskat) — wine
  • Polish: muszkat — wine
  • Polish: muszkatel — wine
  • Portuguese: moscatel — wine
  • Russian: муска́т (muskát) — wine
  • Yiddish: מושקעט (mushket) — wine
  • Yiddish: מושקאַט (mushkat) — wine
  • Yiddish: מוסקאַט (muskat) — wine
  • Yiddish: מושקעטווײַן (mushketvayn) — wine
Real reading context

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