Meanings
nounmosquito coil (plural mosquito coils)
plural mosquito coils
- A mosquito-repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.
There is a sharp smell in the air, and my nose follows it to the three green mosquito coils on the floor, bringing out grey, waving smoke.
2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 257
Translations
Bulgarian спира́ла проти́в кома́ри
- спира́ла проти́в кома́ри (spirála protív komári)mosquito-repelling incense
Chinese Mandarin 蚊香
- 蚊香 (wénxiāng)mosquito-repelling incense
Finnish hyttyskierukka
- hyttyskierukkamosquito-repelling incense
French spirale anti-moustique, serpentin anti-moustique
- spirale anti-moustiquemosquito-repelling incense
- serpentin anti-moustiquemosquito-repelling incense
German Mückenspirale, Antimückenspirale
- Mückenspiralemosquito-repelling incense
- Antimückenspiralemosquito-repelling incense
Indonesian obat nyamuk bakar
- obat nyamuk bakarmosquito-repelling incense
Italian zampirone, piroconofobo
- zampironemosquito-repelling incense
- piroconofobomosquito-repelling incense
Japanese 蚊取り線香
- 蚊取り線香 (katori senkō)mosquito-repelling incense
Korean 모기향
- 모기향 (mogihyang)mosquito-repelling incense
Malay lingkaran ubat nyamuk, gegelung nyamuk
- lingkaran ubat nyamukmosquito-repelling incense
- gegelung nyamukmosquito-repelling incense
Romanian spirală anti-țânțar
- spirală anti-țânțarmosquito-repelling incense
Russian противокомари́ная спира́ль
- противокомари́ная спира́ль (protivokomarínaja spirálʹ)mosquito-repelling incense
Spanish raidolito
- raidolitomosquito-repelling incense
Swedish myggspiral
- myggspiralmosquito-repelling incense
Tagalog katol
- katolmosquito-repelling incense
Tamil கொசுவத்தி, நுளம்புத்திரி
- கொசுவத்தி (kocuvatti)mosquito-repelling incense
- நுளம்புத்திரி (nuḷamputtiri)mosquito-repelling incense
Thai ยาจุดกันยุง
- ยาจุดกันยุง (yaa-jùt-gan-yung)mosquito-repelling incense
Vietnamese nhang muỗi
- nhang muỗimosquito-repelling incense
Cite this entry
APA
mosquito coil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosquito%20coil
MLA
“mosquito coil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosquito%20coil. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mosquito coil,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosquito%20coil.
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