mohair
See also: Mohair
English
Etymology
Earlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, both from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, “to choose”). Form probably influenced by hair. Compare mockado, moire.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊhɛə/
Noun
mohair (countable and uncountable, plural mohairs)
- Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials.
- The long, fine hair of the Angora goat.
- An Angora goat.
- mohair goat, mohair kid
Descendants
- → French: moire (semi-learned), → mohair
- → Italian: amoerro, amoerre, moerro, muerre (semi-learned), → moire
- → German: Mohair
- → Italian: mohair
- → Japanese: モヘア (mohea)
- → Portuguese: mohair
- → Russian: мохе́р (moxér)
- → Spanish: mohair
- ⇒ Chinese:
- Mandarin: 馬海毛/马海毛/马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)
- Cantonese: 馬海毛/马海毛 (maa5 hoi2 mou4)
Translations
fine hair of the Angora goat
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Anagrams
- Mahori, Moriah, homrai
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ.ɛʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
mohair m (plural mohairs)
- mohair
Further reading
- “mohair”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French mohair, itself a borrowing from English mohair, from Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Noun
mohair m (uncountable)
- mohair (fiber)
Related terms
- amoerro
- moire
Further reading
- mohair in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Noun
mohair m (uncountable)
- mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat)
Romanian
Etymology
From French mohair.
Noun
mohair n (plural mohairuri)
- mohair
Declension
Declension of mohair
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) mohair | mohairul | (niște) mohairuri | mohairurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) mohair | mohairului | (unor) mohairuri | mohairurilor |
vocative | mohairule | mohairurilor |
Spanish
Noun
mohair m (plural mohaires)
- mohair