moccasin
A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a…A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot).
» Tom is wearing moccasins.
Том в мокасинах.
Meaning
4 sensesA traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot).
мокаси́нmokasín
A modern shoe with either a low or no heel resembling a traditional Native American moccasin in that the leather forming the sides of the shoe is stitched at the top.
мокаси́нmokasín
soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans
A light beige colour, like that of a moccasin.
Any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon, particularly the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) and the cottonmouth or water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus).
Examples
6 sentencesTom is wearing moccasins.
ruТом в мокасинах.
Tom wasn't wearing moccasins.
Tom wore moccasins.
Tom was wearing moccasins.
ruНа Томе были мокасины.
deTom trug Mokassins.
Mary wore moccasins.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Powhatan makasin, mockasin, mawhcasuns (plural), from Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni. ThFrom Powhatan makasin, mockasin, mawhcasuns (plural), from Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni. The word is cognate with Massachusett mohkisson, mokussin, Mi'kmaq mksɨn, Munsee mahkusin, Ojibwe makizin. First appears c. 1612 in the writings of John Smith. It has been suggested that sense 4 (“North American snake”) may be derived from a different Native American word.
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