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magic word

  • /ˌmædʒɪk ˈwɜːd/ UK
  • /ˌmædʒɪk ˈwɝd/ US

noun magic words

  1. Any word that has a magical effect when uttered.
  2. in teaching or training polite words to children One of the words please, thank you, or hello. If you learn to use magic words when you are little, it would be easy in your adulthood.
  3. broadly Any word that is considered very significant in a certain situation or context. When someone offers you drugs, the magic word is no.
  4. A string of text having some special function or purpose. One of the magic words used in the MediaWiki software is __NOTOC__, which hides the table of contents that would normally be on the page.

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noun word with magical effect

Españolpalabra mágica, fórmula mágica
한국어마법의 말 mabeob-ui mal, 마법의 단어 mabeob-ui daneo
日本語呪文 jumon, おまじない omajinai
中文咒語 /咒语 zhòuyǔ, 咒文 zhòuwén
Portuguêspalavra mágica, fórmula mágica
Françaisformule magique, incantation
DeutschZauberspruch, Zauberwort, Zauberformel
Italianoformula magica
Ελληνικάμαγική λέξη magikí léxi, μαγική φόρμουλα magikí fórmoula
Русскийволше́бное сло́во volšébnoje slóvo, заклина́ние zaklinánije

noun one of the words please, thank you, or hello

Españolpalabra mágica
Portuguêspalavra mágica, palavrinha mágica
Françaismot magique
DeutschZauberwort
Italianoparola magica, parolina magica
Русскийволше́бное сло́во volšébnoje slóvo

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@misc{magic_word_2026,
  title = {magic word},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/magic%20word},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}