moccasin

English

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Alternative forms

• mocassin

Etymology

From Powhatan mockasins, mawhcasuns (plural).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɑ.kə.ˌsɪn/

Noun

moccasin (plural moccasins)

1. A kind of shoe with low heels, with the top sides stitched upwards.
2. A Native North American shoe made of deerskin.
3. A light beige colour, like that of a moccasin.

   moccasin colour:

4. Any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon.

Derived terms

• moccasin flower
• moccasin telegraph
• water moccasin

Translations

low-heeled shoe

• Catalan: mocassí (ca) m
• Finnish: avokas (fi)
• French: mocassin (fr) m
• Hungarian: mokasszin (hu)
• Italian: mocassino (it) m
• Japanese: モカシン (ja) (mokashin)

• Macedonian: мокасина (mk) (mokasína) f
• Ojibwe: ᒪᐦᑭᓯᓐ (makizin)
• Russian: мокасин (ru) (mokasín) m
• Spanish: mocasín (es) m
• Taos: kə̀obénemą

native North American deerskin shoe

• Catalan: mocassí (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹿皮鞋 (cmn) (lù píxié), 莫卡辛 (cmn) (mòkǎxīn)

• Finnish: mokkasiini (fi)
• Japanese: モカシン (ja) (mokashin)

• Korean: 모카신 (ko) (mokasin)
• Macedonian: мокасина (mk) (mokasína) f
• Manx: carrane injinagh (gv) m
• Ojibwe: ᒪᐦᑭᓯᓐ (makizin)
• Russian: мокасин (ru) (mokasín) m

colour

snake

• Finnish: mokkasiinikäärme (fi)
• Navajo: tó tłʼiish

• Ojibwe: newe

See also

• Appendix:Colors