mirage
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mirage
- /mɪˈɹɑːʒ/
- /mɪˈɹaʒ/
- /mɪˈɹɑːd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ɑːʒ
Where it comes from
An unadapted borrowing from French mirage c. 1812.
noun mirages
- 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.
- An illusion. I remember hearing, that in the East the clear and azure waters seem to flow before the weary and parched traveller; yet a little further, and on he urges his weary way, but in vain—the fair stream is a delusion. Even thus happiness is the mirage which leads us over the desert of life, ever fated to
verb mirages · miraging · miraged
- To cause to appear as or like a mirage. All that had been in his mind seemed suddenly miraged before him—the removal of Hunterleys, his own wife's failing health.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: light, fiction, utopia, fantasy, illusion, delusion, self-deception, fallacy, self-delusion, rainbow, photometeor, irisation, moon illusion, glamour, optical delusion, halation
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noun optical phenomenon
| Español | espejismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신기루 sin'giru |
| 日本語 | 蜃気楼 shinkirō |
| 中文 | 海市蜃樓 /海市蜃楼 hǎishìshènlóu, 蜃景 shènjǐng, 海市 hǎishì, 蜃氣 /蜃气 shènqì |
| हिन्दी | मरीचिका marīcikā, मृगतृष्णा mŕgtŕṣṇā |
| Kiswahili | sarabi, mangati |
| Português | miragem |
| Français | mirage |
| Deutsch | Luftspiegelung, Fata Morgana |
| Italiano | miraggio |
| Ελληνικά | αντικατοπτρισμός antikatoptrismós, οφθαλμαπάτη ofthalmapáti |
| Română | miraj |
| Русский | мира́ж miráž, ма́рево márevo, фа́та морга́на fáta morgána |
| Tiếng Việt | ảo ảnh |
| العربية | سَرَاب sarāb |
| עברית | מִירָאז׳ mirázh, חֶזְיוֹן תַּעְתּוּעִים khezyón ta'tu'ím |
Talk about this word "mirage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mirage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mirage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mirage "mirage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mirage.Cite this
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title = {mirage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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