different between mohair vs grogram

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“to grow old, mature”)). The word is a doublet of grosgrain which was borrowed later.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???????m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???????m/
• Hyphenation: gro?gram

Noun

grogram (countable and uncountable, plural grograms)

1. A strong, rough fabric made up of a mixture of silk, and mohair or wool.
2. A garment made from this fabric.

Alternative forms

• grogran

Hypernyms

• grosgrain (“corded fabric with the weft heavier than the warp”)

Derived terms

• grog (speculatively)

Descendants

• ? French: gourgouran
  • ? Catalan: gorgorà
  • ? Portuguese: gorgorão
  • ? Spanish: gorgorán

Translations

Notes

References

Further reading

• grosgrain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• grogram at OneLook Dictionary Search