different between angora vs mohair

English

Etymology

From the name of the city of Ankara in Turkey, from Ancient Greek ?????? (ánkura, “anchor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ???????/
• Rhymes: -????

Noun

angora (plural angoras)

1. An angora cat.
2. a goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair.
3. a rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus)
4. (uncountable) The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.
5. (uncountable) The fabric made from the hair of angora rabbits or angora goats.

Translations

Anagrams

• Aragon, Arango, Argoan, arango, organa

Esperanto

Etymology

angoro +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an??ora/
• Hyphenation: an?go?ra
• Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

angora (accusative singular angoran, plural angoraj, accusative plural angorajn)

1. distressed, anguished, of distress, of anguish
   • (Can we date this quote?), Solomon Cins (translator), Kiel ?talo estis hardata (How the Steel Was Tempered / ??? ?????????? ?????) by Nikolai Ostrovsky, Book 2, Chapter 7,

     Li ekamis tiun junan bol?evikon, neniam angoran, ?iam vivplenan, kun bolanta energio, kiu tiel frue perdis sian sanon.

     He had grown to love the young Bolshevik, who, never distressed, always full of life and bubbling with energy, had lost his health at such an early age.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Elena Zaja, Anta?parolo (Preface), in Fajron sentas mi interne by Ulrich Matthias,

     Tio ?ermigas ?e ni la esperon, ke la abismo disiganta ilin de aliaj ne etendi?as fatale, la angorajn nubojn eblas forblovi spite al la sorto per la fervoro kaj forta volo [...]

     This sparked in us the hope that the chasm that separated them from others was not fatally wide, that the clouds of anguish could be blown away, in spite of fate, by fervour and strong will

Finnish

Etymology

< Turkish Angora, the former name of Turkish capital Ankara

Noun

angora

1. angora (hair of angora rabbit)

Declension

Synonyms

• angoravilla

Compounds

• angorakani
• angorakaniini
• angorakissa
• angoralanka
• angorapusero
• angoravilla
• angoravuohi

French

Etymology

From Angora, obsolete form of Ankara, the name of the capital of Turkey.

Noun

angora m (plural angora)

1. angora (all senses)

Further reading

• “angora” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Earlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, both from Arabic ????????? (mu?ayyar, “choice”), past participle of ???????? (?ayyara, “to choose”). Form probably influenced by hair. Compare mockado, moire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??h??/

Noun

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.

Descendants

• ? French: moire (semi-learned), ? mohair
  • ? Italian: amoerro, amoerre, moerro, muerre (semi-learned), ? moire
• ? Italian: mohair
• ? Japanese: ??? (mohea)
• ? Portuguese: mohair
• ? Russian: ?????? (moxér)
• ? Spanish: mohair
• ? Chinese:
  • Mandarin: ???/??? (m?h?imáo)
  • Cantonese: ??? (maa⁵ hoi² mou⁴)

Translations

Anagrams

• Mahori, Moriah

French

Noun

mohair m (plural mohairs)

1. mohair

Italian

Etymology

From French mohair, itself a borrowing from English mohair, from Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, from Arabic ?????????? (mu?ayyar, “choice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??r/

Noun

mohair m (uncountable)

1. mohair (fiber)

Related terms

• amoerro
• moire

References

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

Portuguese

Noun

mohair m (uncountable)

1. mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat)

Romanian

Etymology

From French mohair.

Noun

mohair n (plural mohairuri)

1. mohair

Declension

Spanish

Noun

mohair m (plural mohaires)

1. mohair