mascotte

mascotte (plural mascottes)

1. Archaic form of mascot. (bringer of good luck)

• Audio

  (file)

mascotte f or m (plural mascottes, diminutive mascotje n or mascottetje n)

1. mascot

From Provençal mascoto, from masco (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca, from a stem *maska, *mask- (“black”) believed to be of Pre-Indo-European origin giving rise to words meaning "witch, wizard, sorcerer."

• IPA^(key): /mas.kɔt/

• Audio

  (file)

mascotte f (plural mascottes)

1. mascot (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group)

• “mascotte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

mascotte f (invariable)

1. mascot