name · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈmæsˌkɒt/
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US:/ˈmæsˌkɑːt/
CMU ARPABET:M AE1 S K AH0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:M AE1 S K AA2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A suburb in southeastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something thought to bring good luck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Tommy the Tyke is the mascot of Barnsley FC.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person engaged by an organization to portray its mascot in costume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He's been working as a mascot at local hockey games.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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6
verb
Meaning 6
To act as a mascot (for).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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7
noun
Meaning 7
a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organism, being
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
талисман
(talisman)
— something thought to bring good luck
Catalan:
mascota
— something thought to bring good luck
Chinese Mandarin:
吉祥物
(jíxiángwù)
— something thought to bring good luck
Dutch:
mascotte
— something thought to bring good luck
French:
mascotte
— something thought to bring good luck
Galician:
mascota
— something thought to bring good luck
German:
Maskottchen
— something thought to bring good luck
German:
Maskotte
— something thought to bring good luck
Hebrew:
קָמֵעַ
(qaméa')
— something thought to bring good luck
Hungarian:
kabala
— something thought to bring good luck
Irish:
sonóg
— something thought to bring good luck
Italian:
portafortuna
— something thought to bring good luck
Italian:
talismano
— something thought to bring good luck
Norwegian Bokmål:
maskot
— something thought to bring good luck
Norwegian Nynorsk:
maskot
— something thought to bring good luck
Occitan:
mascòta
— something thought to bring good luck
Polish:
maskotka
— something thought to bring good luck
Portuguese:
mascote
— something thought to bring good luck
Russian:
талисма́н
(talismán)
— something thought to bring good luck
Spanish:
mascota
— something thought to bring good luck
Spanish:
amuleto
— something thought to bring good luck
Spanish:
talismán
— something thought to bring good luck
Spanish:
payé
— something thought to bring good luck
Swedish:
maskot
— something thought to bring good luck
Welsh:
masgot
— something thought to bring good luck
Bulgarian:
талисман
(talisman)
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Chinese Mandarin:
吉祥物
(jíxiángwù)
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Czech:
maskot
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Dutch:
mascotte
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Estonian:
maskott
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Finnish:
maskotti
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
French:
mascotte
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Galician:
mascota
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
German:
Maskottchen
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Hungarian:
kabalafigura
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Hungarian:
kabalababa
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Ido:
maskoto
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Italian:
mascotte
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Japanese:
マスコット
(masukotto)
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Korean:
마스코트
(maseukoteu)
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Norwegian Bokmål:
maskot
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Norwegian Nynorsk:
maskot
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Polish:
maskotka
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Portuguese:
mascote
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Slovene:
maskota
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Spanish:
mascota
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Swedish:
maskot
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Turkish:
maskot
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
Vietnamese:
linh vật
— something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
