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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