# magician
## English
### Alternative forms

* magitian (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧gi‧cian
* Rhymes: -ɪʃən

### Noun

magician (plural magicians)
* A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
* (sometimes derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
** 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.
* A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
* An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
* A person who astounds; an enigma.

#### Synonyms

* (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic): sorcerer, wizard, warlock, witch, mage, magic user, spellcaster, enchanter, conjurer, thaumaturge, theurgist
* (spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts): spiritualist, mystic, shaman, witch doctor
* (performer of tricks): wizard, trickster, stage magician
* (talented craftsman or scientist): whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard
* (person who astounds, is an enigma): phenomenon
* See also Thesaurus:magician

#### Derived terms

* a magician never reveals his secrets
* archmagician
* black magician
* cacomagician
* magicianess
* magician's guilt
* white magician

#### Related terms

* magic
* magical
* magically
* magicienne

#### Translations

Albanian: magjistar (sq) m
Arabic: سَاحِر m (sāḥir)
Armenian: կախարդ (hy) (kaxard), վհուկ (hy) (vhuk)
Azerbaijani: sehrbaz (az), cadugər (az)
Baluchi: سحرگو (sahargo), جادوگر, سحر کنوخ (sihr kanox)
Bashkir: (black) сихырсы (sixırsı), (white) тылсымсы (tılsımsı)
Basque: azti
Belarusian: чараўні́к m (čaraŭník), маг m (mah), чарадзе́й m (čaradzjéj)
Bengali: জাদুকর (bn) (jadukor)
Breton: hudour m
Bulgarian: вълше́бник (bg) m (vǎlšébnik), чароде́й (bg) m (čarodéj), маг (bg) m (mag), магьо́сник (bg) m (magjósnik), ве́щер (bg) m (véšter)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic (ca) m, fetiller (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 巫師 / 巫师 (mou$^4$ si$^1$)
Mandarin: 巫師 / 巫师 (zh) (wūshī), 覡 / 觋 (zh) (xí), 魔法師 / 魔法师 (zh) (mófǎshī), 妖人 (zh) (yāorén)
Czech: kouzelník (cs) m, čaroděj (cs) m, mág (cs) m, čarodějník (cs) m
Danish: troldmand c
Dutch: tovenaar (nl) m, magiër (nl) m
Egyptian: (zꜣw m)
Esperanto: iluziisto, sorĉisto
Estonian: maag (et), võlur (et)
Faroese: gandakallur m
Finnish: taikuri (fi)
French: magicien (fr) m
Galician: meigo m, escoler (gl) m, bruxo m
Georgian: ჯადოქარი (ǯadokari), გრძნეული (grʒneuli), მისანი (ka) (misani)
German: Magier (de) m, Zauberer (de) m, Zaubrer (de) m, Magierin (de) f, Zauberin (de) f, Zaubrerin (de) f
Greek: μάγος (el) m (mágos)
Hebrew: קוֹסֵם (he) m (kosém), מְכַשֵּׁף (he) m (mekhashéf)
Hindi: जादूगर (hi) m (jādūgar), साहिर (hi) m (sāhir)
Hungarian: varázsló (hu)
Icelandic: töframaður m
Indonesian: tukang sulap (id), dukun (id)
Irish: draíodóir m, draoi m
Italian: mago (it) m, stregone (it) m
Japanese: 魔法使い (ja) (まほうつかい, mahō tsukai), 魔術師 (ja) (まじゅつし, majutsushi)
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (māntrika)
Kazakh: сиқыршы (siqyrşy), шебер (kk) (şeber)
Khmer: មេធ្មប់ (mei thmup), ទិព្វ (km) (tɨp)
Korean: 마술사(魔術師) (ko) (masulsa), 마법사(魔法師) (ko) (mabeopsa)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sihirbend (ku), sahir (ku)
Kyrgyz: сыйкырчы (ky) (sıykırcı), жадыгер (ky) (jadıger)
Lao: ນະເລນ (na lēn), ຜູ້ວິເສດ (phū wi sēt), ພໍ່ມົດ (phǭ mot)
Latgalian: būrs m, būre f, ragaņs m, ragane f
Latin: magus
Latvian: burvis (lv) m, burve (lv) f, zintnieks (lv) m
Lithuanian: magas (lt) m, burtininkas m
Macedonian: магионичар m (magioničar), волшебник m (volšebnik), маѓепсник m (maǵepsnik), магионичар m (magioničar), вештер m (vešter)
Manx: druaightagh, fer-obbee
Maori: kaimākutu
Marathi: जादूगार m (jādūgār)
Middle English: magicien
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: илбэчин (mn) (ilbečin), арш (mn) (arš), шидтэн (mn) (šidten)
Nauruan: itsibemin (na)
Norman: magicien m
North Frisian: Gögeler (Sylt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: magiker m, trollmann m
Nynorsk: trollmann m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: чародѣи m (čaroděi)
Old East Slavic: чародѣи m (čaroděi)
Ottoman Turkish: سحرباز (sihrbâz)
Pashto: جادوګر m (jādugar), ساحر m (sāher), سحرګر m (sehrgar)
Persian: جادوگر (fa) (jâdugar), ساحر (fa) (sâher), سحرباز (sehrbâz)
Plautdietsch: Zaubra n, Hajksenmeista m
Polish: magik (pl) m, czarodziej (pl) m, czarownik (pl) m
Portuguese: mago (pt) m, bruxo (pt) m, mágico (pt) m, feiticeiro (pt) m
Romanian: magician (ro) m, vrăjitor (ro) m
Russian: волше́бник (ru) m (volšébnik), колду́н (ru) m (koldún), маг (ru) m (mag), чароде́й (ru) m (čarodéj)
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мађио̀нича̄р m, ма̑г m, чаро̀бња̄к m
Roman: mađiòničār (sh) m, mȃg (sh) m, čaròbnjāk (sh) m
Slovak: kúzelník m, mág m, čarodejník m, čarodej m
Slovene: čarovnik (sl) m
Spanish: mago (es) m
Swedish: trollkarl (sv) m, trollkäring (sv) f, trollkona f, trollpacka (sv) f, trollgubbe (sv) m
Tagalog: salamangkero
Tajik: ҷодугар (jodugar), соҳир (sohir), афсунгар (afsungar)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Tatar: сихерче (tt) (sixerçe) (black), тылсымчы (tt) (tılsımçı) (white)
Thai: ผู้วิเศษ (pûu-wí-sèet), พ่อมด (pɔ̂ɔ-mót)
Turkish: sihirbaz (tr), büyücü (tr), efsuncu, afsuncu (tr)
Turkmen: jadygöý (tk)
Ukrainian: чарівни́к m (čarivnýk), маг (uk) m (mah), чароді́й m (čarodíj)
Urdu: جادوگر m (jādūgar), ساحر m (sāhir)
Uyghur: سېھىرگەر (sëhirger), جادۇگەر (jaduger)
Uzbek: sehrgar (uz), jodugar (uz), afsungar (uz)
Vietnamese: phù thủy (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) magivan (vo), (♂) himagivan, (♀) jimagivan (vo)
Welsh: swynwr m, dewin m
West Frisian: tsjoender c
Yiddish: מכשף m (mekhashef) :
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic (ca) m, fetiller (ca) m
Egyptian: (zꜣw)
Finnish: mystikko (fi)
Galician: meigo m, feiticeiro m
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (māntrika)
Latin: magus, mysticus
Norwegian: trollmann m
Plautdietsch: Zaubra n, Hajksenmeista m
Polish: mag (pl) m
Portuguese: feiticeiro (pt) m
Russian: заклина́тель (ru) m (zaklinátelʹ), чароде́й (ru) m (čarodéj)
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Spanish: mago (es) m
Tagalog: salamangkero
West Frisian: tsjoender c :
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## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French magicien. By surface analysis, magic +‎ -ian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.d͡ʒi.t͡ʃiˈan/
* Hyphenation: ma‧gi‧ci‧an

### Noun

magician m (plural magicieni, feminine equivalent magiciană)
* magician
    Magicianul a avut un iepure și o pălărie.The magician had a rabbit and a hat.
* (figurative) a whizz, magician

#### Synonyms

* mag, vrăjitor

#### Related terms

* magic
* magie

### References

* magician in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)