mohair

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. Doublet of moire; compare mockado.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊhɛə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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mohair (countable and uncountable, plural mohairs)

1. Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials.
2. The long, fine hair of the Angora goat.
3. An Angora goat.

   mohair goat, mohair kid

• → 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 (mǎhǎimáo)/马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)
  • Cantonese: 馬海毛 / 马海毛 (maa⁵ hoi² mou⁴)

• Mahori, Moriah, homrai

From English mohair. Doublet of moire.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ɛʁ/

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mohair m (plural mohairs)

1. mohair

• “mohair”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French mohair, itself a borrowing from English mohair, from Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”). Doublet of moire.

• IPA^(key): /moˈɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛr

mohair m (uncountable)

1. mohair (fiber)

• amoerro
• moire

• mohair in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Hyphenation: mo‧ha‧ir

mohair m (uncountable)

1. mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat)

Borrowed from French mohair. Doublet of moar.

mohair n (plural mohairuri)

1. mohair

mohair m (plural mohaires)

1. mohair