fatamorgana

See also: fata morgana, fata morgána, fata Morgana, and Fata Morgana

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fatamorgana, after fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fatamɔrɡaːna/, [fatˢamɒˈɡ̊æːna]

Noun

fatamorgana n (singular definite fatamorganaet, plural indefinite fatamorganaer)

1. fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)

   Hypernym: luftspejling

Inflection

Declension of fatamorgana

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fatamorgana	fatamorganaet	fatamorganaer	fatamorganaerne
genitive	fatamorganas	fatamorganaets	fatamorganaers	fatamorganaernes

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fatamɔrˈɡana/
• Rhymes: -na, -a
• Hyphenation: fa‧ta‧mor‧ga‧na

Noun

fatamorgana (plural fatamorgana-fatamorgana)

1. mirage: An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water
   1. (specifically) Fata Morgana: A form of mirage caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, especially one seen in the Strait of Messina
2. (figuratively) fantasy

Synonyms

• لوݢاماي (logamaya) (“mirage”) (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “fatamorgana”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Alternative forms

• fata morgana

Etymology

From fata (“fairy”) +‎ Morgana (“Morgan”), named after fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfa.ta.morˈɡa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: fa‧ta‧mor‧gà‧na

Noun

fatamorgana f (plural fatemorgane)

1. fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)

   Hypernym: miraggio

Descendants

• Danish: fatamorgana

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ta.mɔrˈɡa.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: fa‧ta‧mor‧ga‧na

Noun

fatamorgana f

1. illusion, mirage
2. (optics) Fata Morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)

   Synonym: miraż

Declension

Declension of fatamorgana

	singular
nominative	fatamorgana
genitive	fatamorgany
dative	fatamorganie
accusative	fatamorganę
instrumental	fatamorganą
locative	fatamorganie
vocative	fatamorgano

Derived terms

adjective

• fatamorganiczny

Further reading

• fatamorgana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fatamorgana in Polish dictionaries at PWN