apparition

English

Etymology

From French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌæp.ə(ɹ)ˈɪʃn̩/, X-SAMPA: /%{p.@(r\)"ISn=/
• (US) IPA: /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/

Noun

apparition (plural apparitions)

1. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

   The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. -- William H. Prescott.

   The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. -- Sir W. Scott.

2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

   Which apparition, it seems, was you. --Tatler.

3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.

   The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition. --John Milton.

   I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. --William Shakespeare

4. (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed to occultation.

Synonyms

• (act of becoming visible): appearance
• (a preternatural appearance): vision
• See also Wikisaurus:ghost

Related terms

• apparent
• appearance

Translations

act of becoming visible

• Bulgarian: появяване (bg) (pojavjavane)
• Finnish: ilmestyminen (fi), ilmaantuminen (fi)
• Italian: apparizione (it) f

• Portuguese: aparição (pt) f
• Romanian: apariție (ro) f, ivire (ro) f
• Russian: появление (ru) (pojavlenije) n

thing appearing

• Finnish: ilmestys (fi)
• Italian: apparizione (it) f

• Russian: явление (ru) (javlenije) n

unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance

• Bulgarian: привидение (bg) (prividenie) n, видение (bg) (videnie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幽靈 (cmn), 幽灵 (cmn) (yōulíng), 鬼魂 (cmn) (guǐhún)

• Finnish: ilmestys (fi)
• Hungarian: jelenés (hu)

• Italian: apparizione (it) f
• Russian: привидение (ru) (prividenije) n, призрак (ru) (prizrak) m
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàile (gd) f, tannasg (gd) m, taibhse (gd) m and f
• Serbo-Croatian: prikaza (sh) f
• Spanish: aparición (es) f

astronomy: the first appearance of a luminary after having been invisible or obscured

• Bulgarian: видимост (bg) (vidimost)
• Finnish: ilmestyminen (fi)

• Italian: apparizione (it) f

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: priviđenje (sh) n, pričina (sh) f

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.pa.ʁi.sjɔ̃/

• audio (une apparition)

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Noun

apparition f (plural apparitions)

1. appearance
2. ghost
3. (baseball) plate appearance

Synonyms

• (ghost): fantôme
• (plate appearance): apparition au bâton, présence, présence au bâton