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mascotte

mascot

noun mas-KOT Rare

Origin: Provençal mascoto (charm, sorcery)

Usage Note

Mascotte entered French from Provençal and was popularised by Edmond Audran's 1880 operetta La Mascotte. It can refer to a sports team's symbolic animal or character, a good-luck charm, or a brand's representative figure. The word passed into English as 'mascot' through French.

Examples

"Le lion est la mascotte de notre équipe."

Natural Translation

The lion is our team's mascot.

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