mascot
pronunciation
How to pronounce mascot in British English:
UK [ˈmæskət]
How to pronounce mascot in American English:
US [ˈmæskɑːt]
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- Noun:
- a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
Word Origin
- mascot (n.)
- "talisman, charm," 1881, from provincial French mascotte "sorcerer's charm, 'faerie friend,' good luck piece" (19c.), of uncertain origin, perhaps from or related to Provençal mascoto "sorcery, fetish" (a Narbonnese manuscript of 1233 has mascotto "procuress, enchantment, bewitchment in gambling"), from masco "witch," from Old Provençal masca, itself of unknown origin, perhaps from Medieval Latin masca "mask, specter, nightmare" (see mask (n.)). Popularized by French composer Edmond Audran's 1880 comic operetta "La Mascotte," about a household "fairy" who gives luck to an Italian peasant, performed in a toned-down translation in England from fall 1881.
Example
- 1. This computer-generated mascot could morph into different shapes and forms .
- 2. Birds are a popular kind of mascot .
- 3. I was a mascot to both and they 'd give me chocolate .
- 4. The whole mascot crew was featured as part of a popular spanish tv show .
- 5. Oddly enough , early on he wanted to make facebook 's mascot a hedgehog .