# sorcery
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English sorcery, borrowed from Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō, seriēs, sermō. Compare also French sorcier.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) enPR: sôr'sərē, IPA: /ˈsɔɹ.sə.ɹi/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɔː.sə.ɹi/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

sorcery (countable and uncountable, plural sorceries)
* Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
* Black magic.

#### Synonyms

* black magic
* hexcraft
* magic
* spellcasting
* spellcraft
* warlockry
* witchcraft
* wizardcraft
* wizardry

#### Derived terms

* sword and sorcery

#### Related terms

* sorcerer
* sorceress
* sort

#### Translations

Akkadian: 𒆠𒅖𒁍 m pl (kišpū)
Arabic: سِحْر (ar) m (siḥr)
Egyptian Arabic: سحر (siḥr)
Armenian: կախարդություն (hy) (kaxardutʻyun)
Bulgarian: вълшебство (bg) n (vǎlšebstvo), магьосничество n (magjosničestvo)
Burmese: ပယောဂ (my) (pa.yau:ga.)
Catalan: fetilleria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 妖術／妖术 (zh) (yāoshù), 巫術／巫术 (zh) (wūshù), 魔術／魔术 (zh) (móshù), 魔法 (zh) (mófǎ),魔力 (zh) (mólì)
Danish: trolddom c, hekseri c, magi (da) c, heksekunst c
Dutch: tovenarij (nl) f, hekserij (nl) f, wichelarij (nl) f
Egyptian: (ḥkꜣ m)
Esperanto: sorĉado
Ewe: dzosasa
Finnish: noituus (fi), noitavoima
French: sorcellerie (fr) f
Galician: magacía f, meiguería (gl) f, feiticeiría f, xorxinería f, bruxeiría f, bruxaría (gl) f, bruxedo m
German: Zauberei (de) f, Hexerei (de) f
Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 f (lubjaleisei)
Greek:
Ancient: μαγεία f (mageía), γοητεία f (goēteía)
Hungarian: varázslás (hu)
Ingrian: noijitus, noijitos
Irish: draíocht f, asarlaíocht f
Italian: stregoneria (it) f
Japanese: 魔術 (ja) (まじゅつ, majutsu), 巫術 (ふじゅつ, fujutsu), 魔法 (ja) (まほう, mahō)
Korean: 마법(魔法) (ko) (mabeop), 요술(妖術) (ko) (yosul)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سیحربازی (sîḧirbazî)
Latin: magia (la), veneficium n, magice, artes magicae f pl, artes magae f pl, (harmful) maleficium
Maori: mākutu, whaiwhaiā
Middle Persian: [script needed] (yʾtwkyh /⁠jādūgīh⁠/)
Ngarrindjeri: ngadhungi
Norman: chorchell'lie f
Norwegian: trolldom m
Old English: drȳcræft m
Persian: جادو (fa) (jâdu), فرهست (fa) (farhast)
Plautdietsch: Hakjsarie n, Hakjsenkonst f, Zaubarie f
Polish: czary (pl), czarnoksięstwo (pl) n, czarna magia (pl) f, magia (pl) f
Portuguese: feitiçaria (pt) f, bruxaria (pt), bruxedo m, magia (pt) f, mágica (pt) f
Russian: колдовство́ (ru) n (koldovstvó), волшебство́ (ru) n (volšebstvó), ча́ры (ru) f pl (čáry), ма́гия (ru) f (mágija), ворожба́ (ru) f (vorožbá), чароде́йство (ru) n (čarodéjstvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: врачарство n, врачање n, врачарија f, враџбина f
Roman: vračarstvo n, vračanje (sh) n, vračarija (sh) f, vradžbina (sh) f
Spanish: brujería (es) f, magia (es) f
Swedish: trolldom (sv) c
Tibetan: མཐུ (mthu)
Turkish: büyü (tr), yada (tr), efsun (tr), sihir (tr)
Vietnamese: yêu thuật (vi) (妖術), ma thuật (vi) (魔術)
Welsh: dewiniaeth f :

### See also

* Sorcery in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* sorcerye, sorcerie, sorcere, socerry, soserye, socerye

### Etymology

From Middle French sorcerie, from Old French sorcerie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔrsəˈriː(ə)/, /sɔrsəˈreː(ə)/
* (with /rs/→/s/) IPA: /sɔsəˈriː(ə)/, /sɔsəˈreː(ə)/

### Noun

sorcery (plural sorceries)
* sorcery, wizardry, magic
* A supernatural event

#### Related terms

* sorcerere
* sorceresse

#### Descendants

* English: sorcery
* Scots: sorcery

#### References

* “sorcerī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.