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mohair en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoʊhɛɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈməʊhɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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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 influenced by hair through folk etymology. Doublet of moire; compare mockado.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials.
2. (countable, uncountable) The long, fine hair of the Angora goat.
3. (countable, uncountable) An Angora goat.
   • mohair goat, mohair kid

Forms

Descendants

мохе́р · 马海毛 · 馬海毛 · Mohair · 马海毛 · mohair · mohair · 馬海毛 · moire · モヘア · mohair · mohair

Translations (25)

pl moher (fine hair of the Angora goat) · de Mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat) · ga móihéar (fine hair of the Angora goat) · ru мохе́р (fine hair of the Angora goat) · sh тифтик (fine hair of the Angora goat) · nl mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat) · bg мохер (fine hair of the Angora goat) · pt mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat) · es mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat) · cs mohér (fine hair of the Angora goat) · ja モヘア (fine hair of the Angora goat) · tr moher (fine hair of the Angora goat) · sh moher (fine hair of the Angora goat) · kmr merez (fine hair of the Angora goat) · yue 摩唏 (fine hair of the Angora goat) · gl mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat) · hy մուխայար (fine hair of the Angora goat) · it mocaiardo (fine hair of the Angora goat) · sh мохер (fine hair of the Angora goat) · sh tiftik (fine hair of the Angora goat) · ota تفتك (fine hair of the Angora goat) · fa موهر (fine hair of the Angora goat) · tr tiftik (fine hair of the Angora goat) · cmn 馬海毛 /马海毛 (fine hair of the Angora goat) · et mohäär (fine hair of the Angora goat)