Muggle

See also: muggle

English

Etymology

Coined by J. K. Rowling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɡl̩/
• Rhymes: -ʌɡəl
• Hyphenation: Mug‧gle

Noun

Muggle (plural Muggles)

1. A non-magical person.
   • 2005, Kirkus Reviews, review of Charlotte Haptie, Otto and the Bird Charmers, from Dow Jones, Apr 1, 2005

     Once again, THE magic-working Karmidee, marginalized by THE Muggle-ish Normals, are threatened by a coup in THE city's government […]

   • 2005, Jeffrey Weiss, review of Christine Wicker, Not in Kansas Anymore, in Dallas Morning News, Sep 30, 2005

     "It could all be deadly earnest if she didn't have a sense of humor. My favorite sentence is a chapter title: "Every time you hear a bell, a Muggle has turned magical."

   • 2005, Felix Cheong, "Age-old sexism still pervades films about witches and wizards", Channel News Asia, Aug 19, 2005

     In her second outing as a witch — the first being Practical Magic (1998) — Nicole Kidman plays Isabel, a witch who's trying to settle down to the Muggle life of a suburban housewife.

2. A non-specialist; someone lacking a particular skill or ability.
   • 2003, "There are too many flashing lights nowadays for a knight of the road...", in Nursing Standard, May 14, 2003

     […] I have finally worked out that the word ECNALUBMA in back-to-front writing translates as 'get out of my way, you Muggle motorist'.

Translations

non-magical person

• Arabic: مَغَل m (maḡal), مَغَل m (magal), مَجَل m (magal) (Egyptian spelling)
• Belarusian: магл m (mahl)
• Bengali: মাগোল (magōl)
• Bulgarian: мъ̀гъл m (mǎ̀gǎl)
• Catalan: Muggle m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痳瓜 (máguā)

• Czech: Mudla m
• Dutch: dreuzel (nl) m
• Esperanto: moglo
• Estonian: Mugu
• Finnish: jästi (fi)
• French: moldu (fr) m, moldue (fr) f, non-magique
• Georgian: მაგლი (ka) (magli)
• German: Muggel (de) m
• Greek: Μύγαλος (el) m (Mýgalos), Μαγκλ m (Magkl)
• Hebrew: מוּגְל m (muggl)
• Hindi: मगलू (maglū)
• Hungarian: Muglik
• Icelandic: Muggi m
• Italian: babbano m, babbana f
• Japanese: マグル (maguru)
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• Korean: 머글 (meogeul)
• Latin: Muggle m
• Lithuanian: Žiobaras m
• Macedonian: магл m (magl)
• Norwegian: gomp m
• Persian: مشنگ (fa) (mašang)
• Polish: mugol (pl) m
• Portuguese: (Portugal) Muggle m, (Brazil) trouxa (pt) m
• Romanian: Încuiat m, Încuiată f
• Russian: магл m (magl), маггл m (maggl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нормалац m, безјак m

  Roman: normalac m, bezjak (sh) m

• Slovak: mukel m
• Slovene: bunkelj (sl) m
• Spanish: muggle m
• Swedish: mugglare (sv) c
• Thai: มักเกิ้ล (mákgêrn)
• Turkish: muggle (tr)
• Ukrainian: маґл m (magl), магл m (mahl)
• Vietnamese: Muggle (vi)

amateur — see amateur

See also

• muggle