Dictionary

mascot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæsˌkɑːt/ (US)
• /ˈmæsˌkɒt/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.

Meanings

1. Something thought to bring good luck.
   • I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.
2. Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.
   • Tommy the Tyke is the mascot of Barnsley FC.
3. A person engaged by an organization to portray its mascot in costume.
   • He's been working as a mascot at local hockey games.
4. A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.

Forms

Deriveds

mascotism · mascotry · mascot horror · desktop mascot

Translations (50)

es amuleto (something thought to bring good luck) · nb maskot (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · it mascotte (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · pt mascote (something thought to bring good luck) · sv maskot (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · es payé (something thought to bring good luck) · es mascota (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · it talismano (something thought to bring good luck) · nl mascotte (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · hu kabalababa (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · pt mascote (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · nl mascotte (something thought to bring good luck) · ja マスコット (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · bg талисман (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · pl maskotka (something thought to bring good luck) · ko 마스코트 (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · hu kabalafigura (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · nb maskot (something thought to bring good luck) · et maskott (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · nn maskot (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · ru талисма́н (something thought to bring good luck) · es mascota (something thought to bring good luck) · ca mascota (something thought to bring good luck) · sl maskota (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · pl maskotka (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · cmn 吉祥物 (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · sv maskot (something thought to bring good luck) · gl mascota (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · fr mascotte (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · cy masgot (something thought to bring good luck) · de Maskottchen (something thought to bring good luck) · fi maskotti (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · it portafortuna (something thought to bring good luck) · bg талисман (something thought to bring good luck) · tr maskot (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · hu kabala (something thought to bring good luck) · vi linh vật (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · ga sonóg (something thought to bring good luck) · de Maskotte (something thought to bring good luck) · oc mascòta (something thought to bring good luck) · fr mascotte (something thought to bring good luck) · nn maskot (something thought to bring good luck) · fi maskotti (something thought to bring good luck) · cs maskot (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · es talismán (something thought to bring good luck) · cmn 吉祥物 (something thought to bring good luck) · de Maskottchen (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · he קָמֵעַ (something thought to bring good luck) · io maskoto (something used to symbolize a sports team or other group) · gl mascota (something thought to bring good luck)

mascot en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæsˌkɑːt/ (US)
• /ˈmæsˌkɒt/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To act as a mascot (for).
   • Unlike the popular, sunny Van Zelst, McLoon was a sassy, hard-boiled kid who had been mascoting for various athletic teams and prize fighters […] 2012, Norman L. Macht, Connie Mack: The Turbulent and Triumphant Years, 1915-1931, page 74:
   • The seniors were “mascoted” by two little girls dressed in green dresses […] 1908, The Mount Holyoke, volume 18, page 533:
   • Bennett then signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, whom he mascoted to the 1921 pennant and two wins in the first three games of the World Series, which were played at home. 2017, Paul Dickson, Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son:

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