Magi

See also: magi, mágí, magì, mägi, and Mägi

English

Etymology

From magus, plural magi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/

Proper noun

Magi (plurale tantum)

1. (Christian Bible) The wise men that met and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar, but in fact unknown in number).
2. (astronomy) The three bright stars that form Orion's Belt.

Translations

the wise men who gave gifts to Jesus

• Arabic: (singular) مَجُوس m (majūs)
• Catalan: Reis d'Orient (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賢者／贤者 (zh) (xiánzhě), 贤者 (zh) (xiánzhě)

• Danish: de tre vise mænd (lit. the three wise men), de hellige tre konger (lit. the three holy kings)
• Dutch: wijzen uit het oosten pl, drie koningen pl
• French: Rois mages (fr) m
• Galician: Os Reis Magos m pl
• Greek: Μάγος (el) m (Mágos), Μάγοι (el) m pl (Mágoi)

  Ancient: μάγοι m pl (mágoi)

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• Hungarian: háromkirályok, napkeleti bölcsek
• Italian: Maghi m pl, maghi (it) m pl, Re Magi m pl
• Japanese: 賢者 (けんじゃ, kenja)
• Latin: magi m pl, Magi m pl
• Persian: (singular) مغ (fa) (moğ)
• Portuguese: reis magos m pl
• Russian: волхвы́ (ru) m pl (volxvý), ма́ги (ru) m pl (mági), мудрецы́ (ru) m pl (mudrecý), (old Russian) куде́сники (ru) m pl (kudésniki)
• Spanish: Magos m pl, magos (es) m pl, Reyes Magos (es) m pl, Tres Reyes m pl
• Tagalog: Tatlóng Harìng Mágo, Tatlóng Harì

Anagrams

• IMAG

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Middle English

Noun

Magi pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of mages