mirage

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪˈrɑːʒ/, SAMPA: /mI"rA:Z/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʒ

Noun

mirage (plural mirages)

1. An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, giving the appearance of there being refuge in the distance.
2. (figuratively) An illusion.

Translations

an optical phenomenon

Catalan: miratge (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 海市蜃樓 (cmn), 海市蜃楼 (cmn) (hǎishìshènlóu) Finnish: kangastus (fi) French: mirage (fr) m. German: Luftspiegelung (de) f. Greek: αντικατοπτρισμός (el) (antikatoptrismós) m. Hebrew: מיראז' (he) m., חזיון תעתועים (he) m. Hungarian: délibáb (hu) Italian: miraggio (it) m.

Japanese: 蜃気楼 (しんきろう, shinkirō) Korean: 신기루 (singiru) Malay: fatamorgana (ms) Norwegian: luftspeiling m. Portuguese: miragem (pt) f. Russian: мираж (ru) (miráž) m. Spanish: espejismo (es) m. Swedish: hägring (sv) c. Turkish: serap (tr) Volapük: magälod (vo)

See also

• Mirage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fata morgana
• illusion
• optical illusion

Anagrams

• gamier, imager, maigre, Margie

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French

Etymology

From mirer and -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mi.ʁaʒ/, SAMPA: /mi.RaZ/

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Noun

mirage m. (plural mirages)

1. mirage

Anagrams

• émigra
• gémira
• germai
• maigre