transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈməsk ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English muske, from Middle French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Late Greek moschos, from Middle Persian * mušk-, from Sanskrit muṣka testicle, from diminutive of mūṣ mouse; akin to Old English mūs mouse
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : a substance with a penetrating persistent odor obtained from a sac beneath the abdominal skin of the male musk deer and used as a perfume fixative ; also : a similar substance from another animal or a synthetic substitute
b. : the odor of musk ; also : an odor resembling musk especially in heaviness or persistence
2. : any of various plants with musky odors ; especially : musk plant