marvel

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Etymology

First attested from 1300, from Middle English marvail, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mirabilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mirabilis (“strange, wonderful”), from mirari (“to wonder at”), from mirus (“wonderful”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)vəl

Noun

marvel (plural marvels)

1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
2. Surprise, astonishment.

Translations

miracle

Romanian: minune (ro) f., miracol (ro) n., minunăție (ro) f. Russian: чудо (ru) n.

Scottish Gaelic: mìorbhail (gd) f.

astonishment

Romanian: uimire (ro) f., surprindere (ro) f. Russian: чудо (ru) n.

Scottish Gaelic: mìorbhail (gd)

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Esperanto: mirindaĵo (eo) Spanish: maravilla (es) f.

Verb

marvel (third-person singular simple present marvels, present participle marvelling (UK) or marveling (US), simple past and past participle marvelled (UK) or marveled (US))

1. To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

Translations

become filled with wonderment

Finnish: ihmetellä (fi), kummastella (fi), kummaksua (fi), äimistellä (fi) Russian: (intransitive) восторгаться, восхищаться, изумляться, недоумевать, удивляться; (transitive) изумляться, удивляться, восхищаться