magic
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-ú-s
Proto-Indo-Iranian *magʰúš
Proto-Iranian *magúš
Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /⁠maguš⁠/)bor.
Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós)bor.
Latin magicus
Old French magiquebor.
Middle English magik
English magic
From Middle English magik, magyk, from Old French magique (noun and adjective), from Latin magicus (adjective), magica (noun use of feminine form of magicus), from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós, “magical”), from μάγος (mágos, “magus”). Ultimately from Old Iranian, probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”). Displaced Old English ġealdor (whence Middle English galder) and dwimmer.
Inflected forms:
form: magics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: magick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: magicke
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: magique
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: magick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: magicke
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: magique
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: magics
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: magicking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: magicked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: magicked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: magick
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: magicke
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: magique
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: “My magic will help you find true love,” said the witch as she looked for the right herbs in her collection.
And whan he shall be arrayed as I telle you / lete hym thenne doo his incantacyons & his magyke as he wyll […].
But by what magique I, that here have ſtood / Four hunderd yeares (thou know’ſt how truly ſpoke), / Can now remove, think’ſt thou?
The arts of magic and divination were strictly prohibited.
Does not the very name stir the heart [...] with a thrill more mysterious and romantic than any allusion to the magics of Egypt or Hind?
Conversions to the new religion […] have frequently been assisted by the view of converts that they are acquiring not just a means of otherworldly salvation, but a new and more powerful magic.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
gloss: The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
usually
examples: And she can turn people into stone and do all kinds of horrible things. And she has made a magic so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never gets to Christmas.
"I am the master of mighty magics."
gloss: The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: I learned a new magic after rescuing the tree fairy.
gloss: Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The original family who had begun to build a palace to outrival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
We began to take Santa Claus to the kids at the isolated sidings for the same reason men all over Australia on the lines back o' beyond did [...] we didn't want them to miss that magic.
gloss: Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
examples: The stringstream class hides a lot of string parsing magic from us at this point.
gloss: The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
gloss: Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a magic wand
a magic dragon
gloss: Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a magic moment
gloss: Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a magic show
a magic trick
gloss: Great; excellent.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
not-comparable
examples: I cleaned up the flat while you were out. —Really? Magic!
gloss: Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The code is full of magic numbers and we can't figure out what they mean.
gloss: To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He pictured them standing about the dim hallway, magicked into immobility, glazed and mute, one with a hand raised, another bending to set down a bag, and Licht before them, nodding and twitching like a marionette, as usual.
The Western professionals magic so much money offshore that it is impossible to put a reliable figure on it.
None can be magicked overnight.
Synonyms: bewitchery
black arts
charmwork
conjuration
conjuring
craft
dark arts
diablerie
druidcraft
dweomercraft
dwimmer
dwimmercraft
enchantment
goety
gypsycraft
hexcraft
hexerei
jugglery
magic
mojo
sorcery
sortilege
spellcasting
spellcraft
spellwork
thaumaturgy
wandwork
warlockry
whistness
witchdom
witchery
witchcraft
witchwork
wizardry
wizardcraft
wonderworking
Related words: magician
clairvoyance
extrasensory perception
second sight
prestidigitation
Derived words: antimagic
arcane magic
Arcane Magic
as if by magic
automagic
bemagicked
bizarre magic
black magic
cacomagic
chaos magic
Chinese magic mirror
contagious magic
counter-magic
cybermagic
dark magic
elemental magic
Elemental Magic
gray magic
grey magic
homeopathic magic
image magic
letter magic
like magic
Magic 8 Ball
magic acid
magical
magic asterisk
magic box
magicdom
magic feminism
magicful
magicity
magicker
magicky
magic lamp
magic lantern show
magicless
magic-like
magiclike
magic link
magic mirror
magic moment
magic money tree
magic mug
magic negro
magic Negro
magic of diversification
magicology
magic packet
magic potion
magic pudding
magic realist
magic roundabout
magic sauce
magic shop
magic slate
magic spell
magic string
magic touch
magic truffle
magicube
magic underwear
magic user
magic word
meme magic
metamagic
most-perfect magic square
mysto-magic
natural magic
nonmagic
outmagic
pandiagonal magic square
panmagic
prime reciprocal magic square
puff the magic dragon
stage magic
submagic
sympathetic magic
technomagic
unmagic
Vancian magic
white magic
wiki magic
work one's magic
magical § Derived terms
magic nigger
bimagic
doubly magic
magically
magic bullet
magic carpet
magic circle
magic constant
magic cookie
magic cube
magic dust
magic e
magic eye
magic lantern
magic marker
magic mist
magic mud
magic mushroom
magic number
magic point
magic realism
magic smoke
magic square
magic sugar
magic sword
magic trick
magic wand
multimagic
red magic lily
tetramagic
trimagic
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: toorkuns
lang: Afrikaans
word: toordery
lang: Albanian
word: magji
lang: Arabic
word: سِحْر
roman: siḥr
lang: Arabic
word: سحر
roman: siḥr
lang: Armenian
word: մոգություն
roman: mogutʻyun
lang: Armenian
word: կախարդություն
roman: kaxardutʻyun
lang: Assamese
word: যাদু
roman: zadu
lang: Assamese
word: ভেলেকী
roman: bheleki
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sehr
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sehrbazlıq
lang: Baluchi
word: جاتو
roman: játú
lang: Baluchi
word: جادو
roman: jádú
lang: Baluchi
word: سحر
roman: sihr, sahr
lang: Bashkir
word: сихыр
roman: sixır
lang: Bashkir
word: сихырсылыҡ
roman: sixırsılıq
lang: Bashkir
word: тылсым
roman: tılsım
lang: Basque
word: magia
lang: Belarusian
word: ма́гія
roman: máhija
lang: Belarusian
word: чараўні́цтва
roman: čarawníctva
lang: Bengali
word: জাদু
roman: jadu
lang: Bengali
word: ভেলকি
roman: bheloki
lang: Bhojpuri
word: जादू
roman: jādū
lang: Breton
word: hud
lang: Bulgarian
word: маги́я
roman: magíja
lang: Bulgarian
word: вълшебство́
roman: vǎlšebstvó
lang: Bulgarian
word: магьо́сничество
roman: magjósničestvo
lang: Bulgarian
word: чародейство
roman: čarodéjstvo
lang: Burmese
word: မျက်လှည့်
roman: myakhlany.
lang: Burmese
word: ပဉ္စလက်
roman: panyca.lak
lang: Catalan
word: màgia
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 魔法
roman: mo¹ faat³
lang: Chinese
word: 魔法
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 魔法
roman: mófǎ
lang: Cornish
word: hus
lang: Cornish
word: pystri
lang: Czech
word: kouzla
lang: Czech
word: magie
lang: Czech
word: čarování
lang: Danish
word: magi
lang: Dutch
word: toverij
lang: Dutch
word: toverkracht
lang: Dutch
word: toverkunst
lang: Dutch
word: magie
lang: Egyptian
word: H-kA:Y1
roman: ḥkꜣ
lang: Estonian
word: maagia
lang: Estonian
word: nõiakunst
lang: Estonian
word: nõidus
lang: Estonian
word: võlu
lang: Finnish
word: taikuus
lang: Finnish
word: taika
lang: Finnish
word: magia
lang: French
word: magie
lang: West-Frisian
word: magy
lang: West-Frisian
word: tsjoend
lang: West-Frisian
word: tsjoenderij
lang: Gagauz
word: büü
lang: Galician
word: maxia
lang: Georgian
word: მაგია
roman: magia
lang: Georgian
word: ჯადოქრობა
roman: ǯadokroba
lang: Georgian
word: გრძნეულება
roman: grʒneuleba
lang: Georgian
word: მისნობა
roman: misnoba
lang: German
word: Zauberei
lang: German
word: Zauber
lang: German
word: Magie
lang: German
word: Hexerei
lang: Greek
word: μαγεία
roman: mageía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μαγεία
roman: mageía
lang: Haitian Creole
word: maji
lang: Hebrew
word: כִּשּׁוּף
lang: Hebrew
word: כישוף
roman: kishúf
lang: Hebrew
word: קֶסֶם
roman: késem
lang: Hindi
word: जादू
roman: jādū
lang: Hindi
word: सेहर
roman: sehar
lang: Hungarian
word: varázslat
lang: Hungarian
word: varázs
lang: Icelandic
word: töfrar
lang: Ido
word: magio
lang: Indonesian
word: sihir
lang: Indonesian
word: magi
lang: Irish
word: draíocht
lang: Italian
word: magia
lang: Japanese
word: 魔術
roman: majutsu
lang: Japanese
word: 魔法
roman: mahō
lang: Japanese
word: マジック
roman: majikku
lang: Kalmyk
word: ав
roman: av
lang: Kazakh
word: сиқыр
roman: siqyr
lang: Kazakh
word: сиқыршылық
roman: siqyrşylyq
lang: Khmer
word: វេទមន្ត
roman: veit mŭən
lang: Korean
word: 마술
roman: masul
lang: Korean
word: 마법
roman: mabeop
lang: Korean
word: 요술
roman: yosul
lang: Korean
word: 매직
roman: maejik
lang: Central Kurdish
word: جادوو
roman: cadû
lang: Central Kurdish
word: سیحر
roman: sîḧir
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: sihir
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: cadû
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: efsûn
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сыйкыр
roman: sıykır
lang: Kyrgyz
word: магия
roman: magiya
lang: Lao
word: ເວດມົນ
roman: wēt mon
lang: Latin
word: magia
lang: Latin
word: magice
lang: Latin
word: veneficium
lang: Latin
word: artes magicae
lang: Latin
word: artes magae
lang: Latin
word: carmen
lang: Latvian
word: maģija
lang: Lithuanian
word: magija
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Magie
lang: Macedonian
word: ма́гија
roman: mágija
lang: Macedonian
word: во́лшепство
roman: vólšepstvo
lang: Macedonian
word: вра́жба
roman: vrážba
lang: Malagasy
word: majika
lang: Malay
word: sihir
lang: Malayalam
word: മന്ത്രവാദം
roman: mantravādaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: മാന്ത്രികം
roman: māntrikaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: maġija
lang: Manx
word: druaightys
lang: Manx
word: drualtys
lang: Manx
word: obbeeys
lang: Manx
word: pishagys
lang: Marathi
word: जादू
roman: jādū
lang: Middle English
word: magik
lang: Mongolian
word: ид шид
roman: id šid
lang: Mongolian
word: рид шид
roman: rid šid
lang: Navajo
word: álííl
lang: Norman
word: magie
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: magi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: trolldom
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: magi
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: trolldom
lang: Occitan
word: magia
lang: Old English
word: ġealdor
lang: Oromo
word: tolcha
lang: Pashto
word: جادو
roman: jādu
lang: Pashto
word: سحر
roman: sehr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: جادو
roman: jâdu
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سِحْر
roman: sehr
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Zaubarie
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Teewa
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Hakjsenkonst
lang: Polish
word: magia
lang: Polish
word: czary
lang: Portuguese
word: magia
lang: Portuguese
word: mágica
lang: Romanian
word: magie
lang: Russian
word: волшебство́
roman: volšebstvó
lang: Russian
word: ма́гия
roman: mágija
lang: Russian
word: колдовство́
roman: koldovstvó
lang: Scots
word: magic
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: draoidheachd
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чаро̀лија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ма̀гија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ма̀ђија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čaròlija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: màgija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: màđija
lang: Slovak
word: mágia
lang: Slovak
word: kúzlo
lang: Slovene
word: čarovnija
lang: Slovene
word: magija
lang: Sotho
word: boloi
lang: Spanish
word: magia
lang: Swahili
word: ndumba
lang: Swedish
word: magi
lang: Swedish
word: trolldom
lang: Tagalog
word: mahika
lang: Tagalog
word: salamangka
lang: Tagalog
word: hikmat
lang: Tajik
word: ҷоду
roman: jodu
lang: Tajik
word: ҷодугарӣ
roman: jodugari
lang: Tajik
word: соҳирӣ
roman: sohiri
lang: Tajik
word: соҳири
roman: sohir-i
lang: Tatar
word: сихер
roman: sixer
lang: Tatar
word: тылсым
roman: tılsım
lang: Telugu
word: మాయ
roman: māya
lang: Thai
word: เวทมนตร์
roman: wêet-mon
lang: Tibetan
word: མཐུ
roman: mthu
lang: Turkish
word: büyü
lang: Turkish
word: sihir
lang: Turkish
word: efsun
lang: Turkish
word: yada
lang: Turkmen
word: jady
lang: Ukrainian
word: ма́гія
roman: máhija
lang: Ukrainian
word: чарівни́цтво
roman: čarivnýctvo
lang: Ukrainian
word: чаклу́нство
roman: čaklúnstvo
lang: Urdu
word: جادُو
roman: jādū
lang: Urdu
word: سِحْر
roman: sihr
lang: Uyghur
word: سېھىرگەرلىك
roman: sëhirgerlik
lang: Uzbek
word: magiya
lang: Uzbek
word: sehrgarlik
lang: Uzbek
word: sehr
lang: Vietnamese
word: ma thuật
lang: Vietnamese
word: yêu thuật
lang: Vietnamese
word: phép thuật
lang: Vietnamese
word: pháp thuật
lang: Volapük
word: magiv
lang: Welsh
word: hud
lang: Woiwurrung
word: mūng
lang: Yiddish
word: כּישוף
roman: kishef
lang: ǃXóõ
word: gǁxài
lang: Afrikaans
word: toorkuns
lang: Afrikaans
word: toordery
lang: Bulgarian
word: магьо́сничество
roman: magjósničestvo
lang: Danish
word: sejd
lang: Dutch
word: tovenarij
lang: Dutch
word: toverkunst
lang: Dutch
word: magie
lang: Egyptian
word: H-kA:Y1
roman: ḥkꜣ
lang: Finnish
word: taikamenot
lang: Finnish
word: noitamenot
lang: Finnish
word: magia
lang: Galician
word: maxia
lang: German
word: Magie
lang: Greek
word: μαγεία
roman: mageía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μάγευμα
roman: mágeuma
lang: Hungarian
word: mágia
lang: Indonesian
word: sihir
lang: Irish
word: draíocht
lang: Central Kurdish
word: سیحر
roman: sîḧir
lang: Latin
word: magia
lang: Latin
word: veneficium
lang: Latin
word: magice
lang: Latin
word: carmen
lang: Old Norse
word: seiðr
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Zaubarie
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Hakjsenkonst
lang: Portuguese
word: magia
lang: Portuguese
word: mágica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чаро̀лија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: вра̏џбина
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: врачање
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ма̀гија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ма̀ђија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čaròlija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vrȁdžbina
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vračanje
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: màgija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: màđija
lang: Sotho
word: boloi
lang: Swedish
word: trolldom
lang: Swedish
word: magi
lang: Turkish
word: büyü
lang: Turkish
word: sihir
lang: Dutch
word: toverij
lang: Dutch
word: magie
lang: Finnish
word: taika
lang: Finnish
word: taikuus
lang: French
word: magie
lang: French
word: magique
lang: Galician
word: maxia
lang: Georgian
word: მაგიური
roman: magiuri
lang: Georgian
word: ჯადოსნური
roman: ǯadosnuri
lang: German
word: Magie
lang: German
word: Zauber
lang: Old High German
word: zoubar
lang: Greek
word: μαγεία
roman: mageía
lang: Hungarian
word: varázs
lang: Indonesian
word: keajaiban
lang: Italian
word: magia
lang: Latin
word: magia
lang: Latin
word: magice
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: thǖngōchí
lang: Iranian Persian
word: جادویی
roman: jâduyi
lang: Portuguese
word: magia
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чаро̀лија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ма̀гија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ма̀ђија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čaròlija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: màgija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: màđija
lang: Swedish
word: magi
lang: Tatar
word: могҗиза
roman: moğciza
lang: Turkish
word: mucize
lang: Turkish
word: harika
lang: Armenian
word: աճպարարություն
roman: ačpararutʻyun
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 魔術 /魔术
roman: mo¹ seot⁶
lang: Chinese
word: 魔術 /魔术
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 魔術 /魔术
roman: móshù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 戲法 /戏法
roman: xìfǎ
lang: Dutch
word: goochelkunst
lang: Dutch
word: illusionisme
lang: Esperanto
word: iluzio
lang: Finnish
word: taikatemppu
lang: Finnish
word: taikuruus
lang: Finnish
word: silmänkääntötemppu
lang: French
word: magie
lang: Galician
word: maxia
lang: German
word: Magie
lang: Greek
word: μαγεία
roman: mageía
lang: Greek
word: ταχυδακτυλουργία
roman: tachydaktylourgía
lang: Hungarian
word: mágia
lang: Hungarian
word: bűvészet
lang: Hungarian
word: bűvészkedés
lang: Indonesian
word: sulap
lang: Irish
word: draíocht
lang: Italian
word: magia
lang: Japanese
word: 手品
roman: tejina
lang: Kalmyk
word: ав
roman: av
lang: Central Kurdish
word: سیحر
roman: sîḧir
lang: Latin
word: praestīgiae
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Magie
lang: Malayalam
word: മാന്ത്രികം
roman: māntrikaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: ജാലവിദ്യ
roman: jālavidya
lang: Malayalam
word: മായാജാലം
roman: māyājālaṁ
lang: Marathi
word: जादू
roman: jādū
lang: Norman
word: magie
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tryllekunst
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: tryllekunst
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تَرْدَسْتی
roman: tardasti
lang: Portuguese
word: magia
lang: Portuguese
word: mágica
lang: Romanian
word: magie
lang: Russian
word: фо́кус
roman: fókus
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чаро̀лија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ма̀гија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ма̀ђија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čaròlija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: màgija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: màđija
lang: Swedish
word: trolleri
lang: Thai
word: มายากล
roman: maa-yaa-gon
lang: Tibetan
word: སྒྱུ་མ
roman: sgyu ma
lang: Tibetan
word: མིག་འཕྲུལ
roman: mig 'phrul
lang: Turkish
word: gözbağı
lang: Turkish
word: sihir
lang: Ukrainian
word: фо́кус
roman: fókus