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A vase reflected in a
mirror.
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor, from mirer, to look at, from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”).
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mirror (plural mirrors)
- A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.
- We could see the lorry in the mirror, so decided to change lanes.
- (figuratively) an object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
- His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.
- (computing) An exact copy of a data set, especially a website.
- Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.
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Terms derived from mirror (noun)
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smooth reflecting surface
- Albanian: pasqyrë (sq) f.
- Altai: кӧрнӧш
- Amharic: መስታዎት (mästawot)
- Arabic: مرآة (ar) (mir’ā) f.
- Armenian: հայելի (hy) (hayeli)
- Asturian: espeyu (ast) m.
- Azeri: güzgü (az)
- Bashkir: көҙгө (köźgö)
- Basque: ispilu (eu)
- Belarusian: люстэрка (be) (ljustérka) n., люстра (be) (ljústra) n.
- Bengali: আয়না (bn) (aẏna)
- Bosnian: ogledalo (bs) n.
- Bulgarian: огледало (bg) (ogledálo) n.
- Catalan: mirall (ca) m., espill (ca) m.
- Chechen: куьзга (küzga)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鏡子 (zh), 镜子 (zh) (jìngzi)
- Min Nan: 鏡 (kiàⁿ), 目鏡 (ba̍k-kiàⁿ)
- Chuvash: тӗкӗр (tĕkĕr)
- Crimean Tatar: küzgü
- Croatian: zr̀calo (hr) n., oglèdalo (hr) n.
- Czech: zrcadlo (cs) n., zrcátko (cs) n.
- Danish: spejl (da) n.
- Dutch: spiegel (nl)
- Esperanto: spegulo (eo)
- Finnish: peili (fi)
- French: glace (fr) f., miroir (fr) m.
- Gagauz: ayna
- Galician: espello m.
- German: Spiegel (de) m.
- Greek: καθρέφτης (el) (kathréftis) m.
- Hebrew: מַרְאָה (he) (mar'á) f.
- Hindi: दर्पण (hi) (darpaṇ) m., शीशा (hi) (śīśa) m., आईना (hi) (ā'īnā) m.
- Hungarian: tükör (hu)
- Icelandic: spegill (is) m.
- Ido: spegulo (io)
- Indonesian: cermin (id)
- Irish: scáthán (ga) m.
- Italian: specchio (it) m.
- Japanese: 鏡 (ja) (かがみ, kagami)
- Kalmyk: толь (tol')
- Karachay-Balkar: кюзгю (küzgü)
- Kazakh: айна (kk) (ayna)
- Khakas: кӧріндес (köríndes)
- Khmer: កញ្ចក់ (km) (kanh jork)
- Korean: 거울 (ko) (geoul)
- Kumyk: гюзгю (güzgü)
- Kurdish: ئاوێنه
- Kyrgyz: күзгү (ky) (küzgü)
- Latin: speculum (la) n.
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- Latvian: spogulis (lv)
- Lithuanian: veidrodis (lt)
- Luxembourgish: Spigel (lb) m.
- Macedonian: огледало (mk) (oglédalo) n., ѕрцало (mk) (dz'rcalo) n. (archaic or dialectical)
- Malay: cermin (ms)
- Maltese: mera (mt) f.
- Marathi: आरसा (ārsā)
- Mongolian: толь (mn) (tol')
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: speil (nb) n.
- Nynorsk: spegel (nn) m.
- Occitan: miralh (oc) m., espill (oc) m.
- Old Church Slavonic: зрьцало (zrĭcalo) n.
- Persian: آئینه (fa) (â'ine)
- Polish: lustro (pl) n., zwierciadło (pl)
- Portuguese: espelho (pt) m.
- Quechua: rirpu (qu)
- Romanian: oglindă (ro) f.
- Romansch: spievel m.
- Russian: зеркало (ru) (zérkalo) n., (archaic) зерцало (ru) (zercálo) n.
- Sanskrit: दर्पण (darpaṇa)
- Scottish Gaelic: sgàthan m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: огледало (sr) n., зрцало (sr) n.
- Roman: ogledalo n., zrcalo n.
- Shor: кÿзеген (küzegen)
- Sicilian: specchiu (scn) m.
- Slovak: zrkadlo (sk) n., zrkadielko (sk) n.
- Slovene: ogledalo (sl) n.
- Southern Altai: кӱскӱ (küskü), кӧрӱнгӱш (körüngüş)
- Spanish: espejo (es) m.
- Swahili: kioo, vioo pl (noun 7/8)
- Swedish: spegel (sv)
- Tajik: оина (tg) (oina)
- Tatar: közge (tt)
- Telugu: అద్దం (addam)
- Turan: közgü, áyna
- Turkish: ayna (tr)
- Turkmen: aýna (tk)
- Tuvan: көрүнчүк (körünçük)
- Ukrainian: дзеркало (uk) (dzérkalo) n.
- Urdu: آئینہ (ur) (ā'īnā) m., شیشہ (ur) (śīśa) m., درپن (ur) (darpan) m.
- Uzbek: koʻzgu (uz), oyna (uz)
- Venetian: specio m.
- Vietnamese: gương (vi)
- Volapük: lok (vo), (diminutive) lokil (vo)
- Yakut: сиэркилэ (sierkile)
- Yiddish: שפּיגל (yi) (shpigl) m.
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computing: exact copy of a data set
mirror (third-person singular simple present mirrors, present participle mirroring, simple past and past participle mirrored)
- (transitive) Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.
- He tried to mirror Elvis's life. He copied his fashion and his mannerisms, and even went to live in Graceland.
- (computing, transitive) To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
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of an event, activity, behaviour.. to be identical to, be a copy of
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