illusion

See also Illusion

English

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Pronunciation

• (RP)¹ IPA: /ɪˈluːʒən/
• (RP)² IPA: /ɪˈluːzjən/

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• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

illusion (countable and uncountable; plural illusions)

1. (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.

   We saw what looked like a tiger among the trees, but it was an illusion caused by the shadows of the branches.

   Using artificial additives, scientists can create the illusion of fruit flavours in food.

   • 2002, The Flaming Lips, Do You Realize??

     You realize the sun don't go down it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round.

2. (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.

   Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.

3. (countable) A magician’s trick.
4. (uncountable) The fact of being an illusion (in any of the above senses).

Derived terms

• illusionist
• illusory
• optical illusion
• under the illusion that

Translations

anything that seems to be something that it is not

Arabic: هلوسة (ar) (hálwasa) f., وهم (ar) (wahm) m., انخداع (ar) (inkhidaa3) m. Armenian: պատրանք (hy) (patrank’) Basque: irudipen (eu), ameskeria (eu), itxaropen (eu) Catalan: il·lusió (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 幻覺 (cmn), 幻觉 (cmn) (huànjué), 幻想 (cmn) (huànxiǎng) Danish: illusion (da) c. Dutch: illusie (nl) f., zinsbegoocheling (nl) f. Esperanto: iluzio (eo) Estonian: näiline (et) Finnish: illuusio (fi), harha (fi) French: illusion (fr) f. Georgian: ილუზია (ka) German: Illusion (de) f., Wahnvorstellung (de) f., Sinnestäuschung (de) f. Greek: παραίσθηση (el) f. Hebrew: אשליה (he) (ashlaya) f. Hindi: भ्रम (hi) (bhrama)

Hungarian: illúzió (hu) Ido: iluziono (io) Italian: illusione (it) f. Japanese: 幻覚 (ja) (げんかく, genkaku), 幻想 (ja) (げんそう, gensō) Korean: 환각 (ko) (hwangak) (幻覺) Latvian: acu māns (lv) m. Lithuanian: iliuzija (lt) f. Persian: وهم (fa) Portuguese: ilusão (pt) f. Romanian: iluzie (ro) f. Russian: иллюзия (ru) (illjúzija) f., наваждение (ru) (navaždénije) n. Serbian: opsena f. Spanish: ilusión (es) f. Swedish: illusion (sv) c., synvilla (sv) c. Thai: ภาพลวงตา (th) (paa pluang dtaa) Turkish: yanılsama (tr)

belief in something that is in fact not true

Chinese: Mandarin: 幻想 (cmn) (huànxiǎng), 幻覺 (cmn), 幻觉 (cmn) (huànjiào) Danish: illusion (da) c. Dutch: illusie (nl) f. Finnish: harhaluulo (fi) Georgian: ილუზია (ka)

German: Illusion (de) f. Greek: ψευδαίσθηση (el) f. Japanese: 幻想 (ja) (げんそう, gensō) Russian: иллюзия (ru) (illjúzija) f. Serbian: opsena f. Swedish: illusion (sv) c., förvillelse (sv) c.

magician's trick

Danish: illusion (da) c. Dutch: illusie (nl) f., truuk (nl) m., trick (nl) m. Finnish: illuusio (fi), taikatemppu (fi) French: illusion (fr) f. Georgian: ილუზიონი (ka)

Greek: κόπλο (el) n. Hebrew: אשליה (he) (ashlaya) f. Russian: иллюзия (ru) (illjúzija) f. Swedish: illusion (sv) c., trick (sv) n.

fact of being an illusion

Dutch: illusie (nl) f. French: illusion (fr) f. Georgian: ილუზია (ka)

Russian: иллюзия (ru) (illjúzija) f. Swedish: illusion (sv) c.

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Spanish: ilusión f. Icelandic: tálvon f.

See also

• mirage

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Danish

Etymology

From French illusion, from Latin illūsio.

Noun

illusion c. (singular definite illusionen, plural indefinite illusioner)

1. illusion

Inflection

    Inflection of illusion

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	illusion	illusionen	illusioner	illusionerne
genitive	illusions	illusionens	illusioners	illusionernes

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /i.ly.zjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /i.ly.zjO~/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: illusions

Noun

illusion f. (plural illusions)

1. illusion

Related terms

• illusoire
• illusoirement

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

illusion c.

1. an illusion

Declension

Declension of illusion

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	illusion	illusionen	illusioner	illusionerna
genitive	illusions	illusionens	illusioners	illusionernas

Related terms

• illusorisk

See also

• illustration
• illustrera
• synvilla
• trick