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Definition: Racoon |
RacoonNoun1. Omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North and Central America. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "racoon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1827. (references) |
Synonym: RacoonSynonym: raccoon (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Racoon |
| English words defined with "racoon": common racoon ♦ raccoon. (references) |
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Screenplays | I can't wait to start pawing through my garbage like some crotchety old racoon! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Rogue River - Racoon.Credit: Unknown. |
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| "Racoon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Racoon" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "racoon": common racoon ♦ raccoon racoon. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
racoon | 428 |
racoon picture | 47 |
racoon trap | 33 |
lake racoon | 32 |
racoon control | 30 |
indiana lake racoon | 28 |
mountain racoon | 25 |
pet racoon | 18 |
dog racoon | 18 |
baby racoon | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "racoon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rekun. (various references) | |
Arabic | راكون حيوان. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | миеща мечка (coon, raccoon, ringtail). (various references) | |
Czech | mýval (coon, raccoon). (various references) | |
Dutch | wasbeer (raccoon, washing-bear). (various references) | |
Esperanto | prociono (raccoon, washing-bear), lavurso (raccoon, washing-bear). (various references) | |
French | raton laveur (raccoon). (various references) | |
German | waschbär (coon, raccoon). (various references) | |
Greek | ρακούν (raccoon), προκύων (raccoon). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mosómedve (coon, raccoon). (various references) | |
Icelandic | þvottabjörn (raccoon, washing-bear). (various references) | |
Irish | racún (raccoon, washing-bear). (various references) | |
Italian | procione lavatore (coon, raccoon), procione - orso lavatore, procione (procyon, raccoon), orsetto lavatore (raccoon). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 狸汁 (racoon-dog soup), 狸囃子 (racoon dogs drumming on their stomachs). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たぬきばやし (racoon dogs drumming on their stomachs), たぬきじる (racoon-dog soup). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acoonray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mão-pelada (raccoon), guaxinim (raccoon). (various references) | |
Russian | енот (coon, raccoon). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rakun (coon, raccoon). (various references) | |
Spanish | piel de mapache (raccoon), mapache (coon, raccoon, raccoons). (various references) | |
Swedish | tvättbjörn (coon, raccoon). (various references) | |
Thai | ตัวแร็คคูน (มีลักษ"ะคล้ายหมีแต่ตัวเล็กและมีหางเป็นพวง), หนังของตัวแร็คคูน (raccoon). (various references) | |
Turkish | rakun (coon, raccoon). (various references) | |
Ukranian | "нот (coon, raccoon). (various references) | |
Yucatec | k'ulu' (raccoon, washing-bear). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "racoon": racoons. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "racoon": barracoon. (additional references) | |
Words containing "racoon": barracoons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: corona. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-n-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: acorn, croon, narco, racon. | |
-2 letters: arco, carn, coon, corn, narc, orca, roan. | |
-3 letters: arc, can, car, con, coo, cor, noo, nor, oar, oca, ora, orc, ran, roc. | |
-4 letters: an, ar, na, no, on, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: cardoon, cartoon, coranto, coronae, coronal, coronas, raccoon, racoons. | |
+2 letters: acrodont, acromion, canorous, cardoons, cartoons, cartoony, coanchor, coenamor, colorant, colorman, copatron, corantos, cordovan, coronach, coronals, coronary, coronate, couranto, crampoon, macaroon, monocarp, monocrat, nonactor, octonary, ostracon, picaroon, raccoons. | |
+3 letters: accordion, acrodonts, acromions, aeronomic, agronomic, barracoon, carbonado, cartooned, coanchors, coenamors, colorants, concordat, conformal, consortia, contralto, copatrons, corantoes, cordovans, cormorant, coronachs, coronated, coronates, corposant, corrasion, courantos, crampoons, creodonta, macaroons, monocarps, monocracy, monocrats, monocular, nonactors, nonfactor, olecranon, picaroons, pickaroon, rancorous. | |
+4 letters: accordions, astronomic, barracoons, canorously, carbonados, carotenoid, carotinoid, carpogonia, carpooling, cartooning, cartoonish, cartoonist, chromonema, chronogram, clangorous, coanchored, coenamored, collarbone, coloration, comparison, concordant, concordats, confrontal, contractor, contraltos, coordinate, cormorants, cornucopia, coromandel, coronaries, coronating, coronation, corotating, corotation, corposants, corrasions, courantoes, covenantor, craniology, craniotomy, decoration, fornicator, halocarbon, iconolatry, inoculator, invocatory, isochronal, microtonal, monocarpic, monocratic, monoculars, noncaloric, nonfactors, nonorganic, nonreactor, oceanfront, octahedron, octonaries, olecranons, ordonnance, overaction, picarooned, pickaroons, relocation, revocation, syncopator. | |
+5 letters: acrimonious, aeronomical, anachronous, anchorwoman, anchorwomen, anisotropic, aponeurotic, arenicolous, axonometric, branchiopod, bronchiolar, carbonadoed, carbonadoes, carbonation, cardiotonic, carnivorous, carotenoids, carotinoids, carpogonial, carpogonium, cartoonings, cartoonists, cartoonlike, chlorinator, chronograms, chronograph, coanchoring, coarctation, coauthoring, coenamoring, cogenerator, coleopteran, collarbones, colorations, combinatory, commentator, comminatory, comparisons, compensator, conciliator, concordance, condolatory, confiscator, conformable, conformably, conformance, confrontals, congregator, conjuration, consecrator, conservator, consolatory, conspirator, consummator, continuator, contraction, contractors, contraption, contrarious, conurbation, cooperating, cooperation, coordinated, coordinates, coordinator, cornucopian, cornucopias, coromandels, coronagraph, coronations, coronograph, corotations, corporation, correlation, corroborant, corrugation, coruscation, cosignatory, cotoneaster, cotransport, covariation, covenantors, crocodilian, crossbowman, ctenophoran, decorations, embrocation, excoriation, fornication, fornicators, francophone, gastronomic, gerontocrat, halocarbons, homonuclear, hydrocarbon, iconography, icosahedron, incorporate, incorporeal, inoculators, monochromat, monocracies, monocrystal, monocularly, monogastric, monographic, mononuclear, moronically, motorcading, neocortical, nomenclator, nomographic, nonaromatic, noncontract, noncoplanar, noncoverage, nonharmonic, nonoperatic, nonorgasmic, nonreactors, nontropical, notochordal, obscuration, oceanfronts, octahedrons, oneiromancy, ordonnances, overactions, overcaution, percolation, phonogramic, picarooning, pococurante, precolonial, proconsular, procreation, procuration, prosobranch, protraction, provocation, radiocarbon, rancorously, recordation, relocations, retroaction, revocations, rhizoctonia, scolopendra, syncopators, trichomonad, trichomonal, woodcarving. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 63 6F 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- -.-. --- --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01100011 01101111 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a c o o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0063 006F 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)526769818180 |
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