name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɹəˈkuːn/
General-American:/ɹæˈkun/
General-American:/ɹəˈkun/
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rhymes with -uːn
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1
name
Meaning 1
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Putnam County, Indiana.
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name
Meaning 2
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
Four townships, one each in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Raccoon Township.
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noun
Meaning 5
An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
The common raccoon (Procyon lotor).
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noun
Meaning 7
Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
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noun
Meaning 8
Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
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9
noun
Meaning 9
Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog.
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Usage: broadly, proscribed
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noun
Meaning 10
an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: racoon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: procyonid
Narrower terms: common raccoon, common racoon, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor, crab-eating raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus
11
noun
Meaning 11
the fur of the North American racoon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fur, pelt
History
Etymology
From arocoun (1608), from Powhatan ärähkun, from ärähkuněm (“he scratches with his hands”).
Across languages
Translations
158 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
wasbeer
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Afrikaans:
wasbeertjie
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Albanian:
rakun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Algonquin:
esiban
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Amharic:
ሩኖ
(runo)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Western Apache:
tulį
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Arabic:
رَاكُون
(rākūn)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Armenian:
ջրարջ
(ǰrarǰ)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Armenian:
ջրարջ սովորական
(ǰrarǰ sovorakan)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Aymara:
jaguachini
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Azerbaijani:
yenot
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Azerbaijani:
xəz
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Basque:
mapatxe
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Belarusian:
яно́т
(janót)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Belarusian:
ракун
(rakun)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Bulgarian:
ено́т
(enót)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Bulgarian:
миеща мечка
(miešta mečka)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Burmese:
ရက်ကွန်းဝံ
(rakkwan:wam)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Catalan:
os rentador
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Catawba:
tcigne
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Cayuga:
sá꞉no꞉ʼ
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Cherokee:
ᎬᎵ
(gvli)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Cherokee:
ᎬᏟ
(gvtli)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Cheyenne:
matšėškōme
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Chickasaw:
shawi
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Chinese Cantonese:
浣熊
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Chinese Mandarin:
浣熊
(huànxióng)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Choctaw:
shaui
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Chol:
'ejmech
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Cocopa:
nymaṣ
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Creek:
wotko
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Czech:
mýval
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Danish:
vaskebjørn
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Dutch:
wasbeer
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Esperanto:
lav-urso
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Esperanto:
prociono
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Estonian:
pesukaru
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Faroese:
tváttarbjørn
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Finnish:
pesukarhu
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Finnish:
supi
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
French:
raton laveur commun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
French:
raton laveur
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
French:
chaoui
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
French:
chat sauvage
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
French:
chat-chouage
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
North Frisian:
Waskbeer
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
West-Frisian:
waskbear
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Galician:
mapache
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Georgian:
ენოტი
(enoṭi)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
German:
Waschbär
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
German:
Schupp
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Greek:
ρακούν
(rakoún)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Hawaiian:
lakuna
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Hebrew:
דְּבִיבוֹן
(dvivón)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Hebrew:
רָקוּן
(raqún)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Hindi:
रैकून
(raikūn)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Hungarian:
mosómedve
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Icelandic:
þvottabjörn
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Ido:
ratono
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Indonesian:
rakun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Irish:
racún
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Italian:
procione
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Italian:
orsetto lavatore
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Japanese:
アライグマ
(araiguma)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Japanese:
洗熊
(araiguma)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Kalmyk:
енот
(yenot)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Kansa:
mikká
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Kazakh:
жанат
(janat)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
K'iche':
kʼas
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Klamath-Modoc:
wacgin'a
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Koasati:
sawi
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Korean:
아메리카너구리
(amerikaneoguri)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Korean:
미국너구리
(migungneoguri)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Kumyk:
хас
(xas)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Central Kurdish:
ڕاکوون
(rakûn)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Kyrgyz:
жанат
(janat)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Lakota:
wičhítegleǧa
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Lakota:
wičhá
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Lao:
ຫນູລ້າງນ້ໍາ
(nū lāng nam)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Lao:
ຫມີລ້າງນ້ໍາ
(mī lāng nam)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Lao:
ແລກຄູນ
(lǣk khūn)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Latvian:
jenots
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Lithuanian:
meškėnas
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Louisiana Creole:
shawi
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Lushootseed:
bəlúps
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Luxembourgish:
Wäschbier
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Macedonian:
раку́н
(rakún)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Malay:
rakun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Mi'kmaq:
amaljugwej
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Mi'kmaq:
amaljigwej
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Miskito:
suksuk
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Central Sierra Miwok:
pátkajy-
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Mohawk:
atí꞉ron
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Montana Salish:
mhuyeʔ
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Munsee:
é·span
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Navajo:
tábąąh mąʼii
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Nez Perce:
k'ayk'áyoc
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Norwegian:
vaskebjørn
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Occitan:
raton lavaire
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Southern Ohlone:
SaSran
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Ojibwe:
ᐁᐦᓯᐸᓐ
(esiban)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Osage:
mį́hkaa
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Pawnee:
icat
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Pennsylvania German:
Ragguune
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Persian:
راکون
(râkon)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Polish:
szop
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Portuguese:
guaxinim
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Powhatan:
ärähkun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Quechua:
chincha mayuatu
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Romanian:
raton
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Romanian:
ursuleț spălător
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Russian:
ено́т
(jenót)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Russian:
ено́т-полоску́н
(jenót-poloskún)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Scottish Gaelic:
mathan-nighe
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Seneca:
dzoʼä꞉gaʼ
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Serbo-Croatian:
ракун
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Serbo-Croatian:
rakun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Slovak:
mýval
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Slovene:
rakun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Lower Sorbian:
šup
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Upper Sorbian:
šup
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Spanish:
mapache
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Spanish:
oso lavador
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Spanish:
zorra manglera
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Spanish:
gato manglatero
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Spanish:
mapachín
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Squamish:
mélalus
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Swedish:
tvättbjörn
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Tagalog:
mapatse
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Thai:
แร็กคูน
(rɛ́k-kuun)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Turkish:
rakun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Turkmen:
ýanot
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Ukrainian:
єно́т
(jenót)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Ukrainian:
ракун
(rakun)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Unami:
nahënëm
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Uzbek:
rakun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Vietnamese:
gấu mèo
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Vietnamese:
gấu trúc Mỹ
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Volapük:
räkun
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Welsh:
racŵn
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Wintu:
qarilit
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Yiddish:
שאָפּ
(shop)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Yiddish:
יענאָט
(yenot)
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Yucatec Maya:
kʼuluʼ
— nocturnal omnivore living in North America, Procyon lotor
Armenian:
ջրարջ
(ǰrarǰ)
— any mammal of the genus Procyon
Esperanto:
prociono
— any mammal of the genus Procyon
Finnish:
pesukarhu
— any mammal of the genus Procyon
Latin:
procyōn
— any mammal of the genus Procyon
Russian:
ено́т
(jenót)
— any mammal of the genus Procyon
Swedish:
tvättbjörn
— any mammal of the genus Procyon
Esperanto:
procioneno
— any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae
Finnish:
supimainen
— any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae
French:
procyoniné
— any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae
Swedish:
halvbjörn
— any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae
Esperanto:
procionedo
— any mammal of the family Procyonidae
Finnish:
puolikarhu
— any mammal of the family Procyonidae
French:
procyonidé
— any mammal of the family Procyonidae
Swedish:
halvbjörn
— any mammal of the family Procyonidae