apparition

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæp.əɹˈɪʃn̩/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/
    • (file)

Noun[edit]

apparition (plural apparitions)

  1. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
    • 1709 August 27 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Tuesday, August 16, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 55; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, [], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.;  [], 1822, →OCLC:
      [] which apparition, it seems, was you.
  3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
    The attic is haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there.
  4. (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
  5. (astronomy) A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin appāritiōnem.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.pa.ʁi.sjɔ̃/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

apparition f (plural apparitions)

  1. appearance
  2. ghost
    Synonym: fantôme
  3. (baseball) plate appearance
    Synonyms: apparition au bâton, présence, présence au bâton

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