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GeezerVison is showing en.wiktionary.org — magic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also: Magic, magič, màgic, and MAGIC

English

Alternative forms

  • magick (fantasy or occult, otherwise obsolete)
  • magicke, magique (obsolete)

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
Proto-Hellenic *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós)bor.
Latin magicus
Old French magiquebor.
Middle English magik
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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, “magician, magus”). Ultimately from Old Iranian, probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”). By surface analysis, mage +‎ -ic. Piecewise doublet of magey. Displaced Old English ġealdor (whence Middle English galder) and dwimmer.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒɪk/
    • Audio (General American):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ædʒɪk
    • Hyphenation: mag‧ic

    Noun

    magic (usually uncountable, plural magics)

    1. 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. [from 14th c.]
      Synonyms: dwimmer, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry; see also Thesaurus:magic
      “My magic will help you find true love,” said the witch as she looked for the right herbs in her collection.
      • c. 1489, Foure Sonnes of Aymon, William Caxton:
        And whan he shall be arrayed as I telle you / lete hym thenne doo his incantacyons & his magyke as he wyll […].
      • 1653, William Basse, “The Metamorphosis of the Wallnut-tree of Borestall. In an Eglogue and 3 Cantos, betweene Jasper and Jefferye.”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, The Pastorals and Other Workes of William Basse. […] (Miscellaneous Tracts, Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n.], published 1870, →OCLC, canto 2, stanza 19, page 122:
        But by what magique I, that here have ſtood / Four hunderd yeares (thou know’ſt how truly ſpoke), / Can now remove, think’ſt thou?
      • 1781, Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, II.23:
        The arts of magic and divination were strictly prohibited.
      • 1864, Henry William Dulcken, Dalziel's Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments, London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, page 584:
        "There is no doubt that this African Magician was not the brother of Mustapha the tailor, as he had pretented to be, and consequently not the uncle of Aladdin. He was most probably a native of Africa, as that is a country where magic is more studied than in any other."
      • 1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page viii. 192:
        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?
      • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 23:
        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.
      • 1973, Arthur C. Clark, Profiles of the future, revised edition:
        Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
      1. The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
      2. (rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability. [from 14th c.]
        Synonyms: cantrip, incantation; see also Thesaurus:magic spell
        • 1950, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe […], London: Geoffrey Bles, →OCLC:
          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.
        • 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 116:
          "I am the master of mighty magics."
      3. (gaming, countable) The ability to cast a magic spell.
        I learned a new magic after rescuing the tree fairy.
    2. Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill. [from 17th c.]
      • 1963, Margery Allingham, “The Elopers”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 25:
        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.
      • 1965 February 10, Lou Sullivan, Diary:
        I look at him and there is a magic. What is it? Love?
      • 1969, Patsy Adam-Smith, Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen, Melbourne: Macmillan, page 151:
        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.
      1. (computing, slang) Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
        • 2017, Jacek Galowicz, C++17 STL Cookbook, page 257:
          The stringstream class hides a lot of string parsing magic from us at this point.
    3. (entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
      Synonyms: illusionism, legerdemain, sleight of hand; see also Thesaurus:prestidigitation
      1. (countable) One such conjuring trick or illusion. [from 19th c.]

    Derived terms

    • antimagic
    • as if by magic
    • automagic
    • bemagicked
    • bizarre magic
    • black girl magic
    • black magic
    • cacomagic
    • chaos magic
    • Chinese magic mirror
    • contagious magic
    • counter-magic
    • cybermagic
    • dark magic
    • Elemental Magic
    • elemental magic
    • folk magic
    • gray magic
    • grey magic
    • high magic
    • homeopathic magic
    • image magic
    • imitative magic
    • letter magic
    • like magic
    • low magic
    • Magic 8 Ball
    • magic acid
    • magical
    • magic asterisk
    • magic box
    • magicdom
    • magic feminism
    • magicful
    • magicity
    • magicker
    • magicky
    • magic lamp
    • magic lantern show
    • magicless
    • magiclike
    • magic-like
    • magic link
    • magic mirror
    • magic moment
    • magic money tree
    • magic mug
    • magic Negro
    • magic negro
    • magic nigger
    • 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
    • magitech
    • mathemagic
    • 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
    • ritual magic
    • stage magic
    • submagic
    • sympathetic magic
    • technomagic
    • unmagic
    • Vancian magic
    • white magic
    • wiki magic
    • work one's magic
    • See also magical § Derived terms

    Related terms

    • magician

    Descendants

    • → Japanese: マジック (majikku)
    • → Korean: 매직 (maejik)

    Translations

    use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
    • Afrikaans: toorkuns, toordery
    • Albanian: magji (sq) f, yshtje (sq)
    • Arabic: سِحْر (ar) m (siḥr)
      Egyptian Arabic: سحر (siḥr)
    • Armenian: մոգություն (hy) (mogutʻyun), կախարդություն (hy) (kaxardutʻyun)
    • Assamese: যাদু (zadu), ভেলেকী (bheleki)
    • Azerbaijani: sehr (az), sehrbazlıq
    • Baluchi: جاتو (játú), جادو (jádú), سحر (sihr, sahr)
    • Bashkir: (black) сихыр (sixïr), сихырсылыҡ (sixïrsïlïq); (white) тылсым (tïlsïm)
    • Basque: magia (eu)
    • Belarusian: ма́гія f (máhija), чараўні́цтва n (čarawníctva)
    • Bengali: জাদু (bn) (jadu), ভেলকি (bheloki)
    • Bhojpuri: जादू (jādū)
    • Breton: hud m
    • Bulgarian: маги́я (bg) f (magíja), вълшебство́ (bg) n (vălšebstvó), магьо́сничество n (magjósničestvo), чароде́йство (bg) n (čarodéjstvo)
    • Burmese: မျက်လှည့် (my) (myakhlany.), ပဉ္စလက် (my) (panyca.lak)
    • Catalan: màgia (ca) f
    • Chinese:
      Cantonese: 魔法 (mo1 faat3)
      Hokkien: 魔法 (zh-min-nan) (mô͘-hoat)
      Mandarin: 魔法 (zh) (mófǎ)
    • Cornish: hus m, pystri m
    • Czech: kouzla n, magie (cs) f, čarování n
    • Danish: magi (da)
    • Dutch: toverij (nl), toverkracht (nl), toverkunst (nl) f, magie (nl) f
    • Egyptian:
      HkA
      Y1
      (ḥkꜣ m)
    • Estonian: maagia (et), nõiakunst, nõidus (et), võlu
    • Finnish: taikuus (fi), taika (fi), magia (fi)
    • French: magie (fr) f
    • Frisian:
      West Frisian: magy, tsjoend, tsjoenderij (fy)
    • Gagauz: büü
    • Galician: maxia f
    • Georgian: მაგია (magia), ჯადოქრობა (ǯadokroba), გრძნეულება (grʒneuleba), მისნობა (misnoba)
    • German: Zauberei (de) f, Zauber (de) m, Magie (de) f, Hexerei (de) f
    • Greek: μαγεία (el) f (mageía)
      Ancient Greek: μαγεία f (mageía)
    • Haitian Creole: maji
    • Hebrew: כִּשּׁוּף / כישוף (he) (kishúf), קֶסֶם (he) m (késem)
    • Hindi: जादू (hi) m (jādū), सेहर (hi) m (sehar)
    • Hungarian: varázslat (hu), varázs (hu)
    • Icelandic: töfrar (is) m pl
    • Ido: magio (io)
    • Indonesian: sihir (id), magi (id)
    • Irish: draíocht f
    • Italian: magia (it) f
    • Japanese: 魔術 (ja) (まじゅつ, majutsu), 魔法 (ja) (まほう, mahō), マジック (ja) (majikku)
    • Kalmyk: ав (av)
    • Kazakh: сиқыр (sıyqır), сиқыршылық (sıyqıršılıq)
    • Khmer: វេទមន្ត (veit mŭən)
    • Korean: 마술(魔術) (ko) (masul), 마법(魔法) (ko) (mabeop), 요술(妖術) (ko) (yosul), 매직 (ko) (maejik)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: جادوو (cadû), سیحر (sîḧir)
      Northern Kurdish: sihir (ku) f, cadû (ku) f, efsûn (ku)
    • Kyrgyz: сыйкыр (ky) (sıykır), магия (magiya)
    • Lao: ເວດມົນ (wēt mon)
    • Latin: magia (la) f, magice f, veneficium, artes magicae, artes magae, carmen (la) n
    • Latvian: maģija (lv) f
    • Lithuanian: magija (lt) f
    • Luxembourgish: Magie f
    • Macedonian: ма́гија f (mágija), во́лшепство n (vólšepstvo), вра́жба f (vrážba)
    • Malagasy: majika (mg)
    • Malay: sihir (ms)
    • Malayalam: മന്ത്രവാദം (mantravādaṁ), മാന്ത്രികം (māntrikaṁ)
    • Maltese: maġija f
    • Manx: druaightys, drualtys, obbeeys f, pishagys f
    • Marathi: जादू f (jādū)
    • Middle English: magik
    • Mongolian:
      Cyrillic: ид шид (id šid), рид шид (rid šid)
    • Navajo: álííl
    • Norman: magie f (Jersey)
    • Norwegian:
      Bokmål: magi m, trolldom m
      Nynorsk: magi m, trolldom m
    • Occitan: magia (oc) f
    • Old English: ġealdor n
    • Oromo: tolcha
    • Pashto: جادو (ps) m (jādu), سحر (ps) m (sehr)
    • Persian:
      Iranian Persian: جادو (fa) (jâdu), سِحْر (sehr)
    • Plautdietsch: Zaubarie f, Teewa f, Hakjsenkonst f
    • Polish: magia (pl) f, czary (pl)
    • Portuguese: magia (pt) f, mágica (pt) f (Brazil)
    • Romanian: magie (ro)
    • Russian: волшебство́ (ru) n (volšebstvó), ма́гия (ru) f (mágija), колдовство́ (ru) n (koldovstvó), чароде́йство (ru) n (čarodéjstvo) (witchcraft)
    • Scots: magic
    • Scottish Gaelic: draoidheachd f
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: чаро̀лија f, ма̀гија f, ма̀ђија f
      Latin: čaròlija (sh) f, màgija (sh) f, màđija (sh) f
    • Slovak: mágia f, kúzlo n
    • Slovene: čarovnija f, magija (sl) f
    • Sotho: boloi
    • Southern Altai: магия (magiya), тарма (tarma)
    • Spanish: magia (es) f
    • Swahili: ndumba (sw)
    • Swedish: magi (sv), trolldom (sv) m
    • Tagalog: mahika, salamangka (sorcery), hikmat
    • Tajik: ҷоду (tg) (jodu), ҷодугарӣ (jodugari), соҳирӣ (sohiri), соҳири (sohir-i)
    • Tatar: сихер (tt) (sixer), тылсым (tt) (tılsım)
    • Telugu: మాయ (te) (māya)
    • Thai: เวทมนตร์ (th) (wêet-mon)
    • Tibetan: མཐུ (mthu)
    • Turkish: büyü (tr), sihir (tr), efsun (tr), yada (tr)
    • Turkmen: jady (tk)
    • Ukrainian: ма́гія f (máhija), чарівни́цтво n (čarivnýctvo), чаклу́нство n (čaklúnstvo)
    • Urdu: جادُو m (jādū), سِحْر m (sihr)
    • Uyghur: سېھىرگەرلىك (sëhirgerlik)
    • Uzbek: magiya, sehrgarlik (uz), sehr (uz)
    • Vietnamese: ma thuật (vi), yêu thuật (vi), phép thuật (vi), pháp thuật (vi)
    • Volapük: magiv (vo)
    • Welsh: hud (cy) m
    • Woiwurrung: mūng, (please verify) yaruk
    • Yiddish: כּישוף m (kishef)
    • ǃXóõ: gǁxài
    ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
    • Afrikaans: toorkuns, toordery
    • Bulgarian: магьо́сничество n (magjósničestvo)
    • Danish: sejd c
    • Dutch: tovenarij (nl), toverkunst (nl) f, magie (nl) f
    • Egyptian:
      HkA
      Y1
      (ḥkꜣ m)
    • Finnish: taikamenot, noitamenot, magia (fi)
    • Galician: maxia f
    • German: Magie (de) f
    • Greek: μαγεία (el) f (mageía)
      Ancient Greek: μάγευμα n (mágeuma)
    • Hungarian: mágia (hu)
    • Indonesian: sihir (id)
    • Irish: draíocht f
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: سیحر (sîḧir)
    • Latin: magia (la), veneficium, magice, carmen (la) n
    • Old Norse: seiðr m
    • Plautdietsch: Zaubarie f, Hakjsenkonst f
    • Portuguese: magia (pt) f, mágica (pt) f (Brazil)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: чаро̀лија f, вра̏џбина f, врачање n, ма̀гија f, ма̀ђија f
      Latin: čaròlija (sh) f, vrȁdžbina (sh) f, vračanje (sh) n, màgija (sh) f, màđija (sh) f
    • Sotho: boloi
    • Swedish: trolldom (sv) c, magi (sv) c
    • Turkish: büyü (tr), sihir (tr)
    something spectacular or wonderful
    • Dutch: toverij (nl) f, magie (nl) f
    • Finnish: taika (fi), taikuus (fi)
    • French: magie (fr) f, magique (fr)
    • Galician: maxia f
    • Georgian: მაგიური (magiuri), ჯადოსნური (ǯadosnuri)
    • German: Magie (de) f, Zauber (de) m
      Old High German: zoubar
    • Greek: μαγεία (el) f (mageía)
    • Hungarian: varázs (hu)
    • Indonesian: keajaiban (id)
    • Italian: magia (it) f
    • Latin: magia (la), magice
    • Naga:
      Khiamniungan Naga: thǖngōchí
    • Persian:
      Iranian Persian: جادویی (fa) (jâduyi)
    • Portuguese: magia (pt) f
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: чаро̀лија f, ма̀гија f, ма̀ђија f
      Latin: čaròlija (sh) f, màgija (sh) f, màđija (sh) f
    • Swedish: magi (sv) c
    • Tatar: могҗиза (tt) (moğciza)
    • Turkish: mucize (tr), harika (tr)
    illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
    • Armenian: աճպարարություն (hy) (ačpararutʻyun)
    • Chinese:
      Cantonese: 魔術 / 魔术 (mo1 seot6)
      Hokkien: 魔術 / 魔术 (zh-min-nan) (mô͘-su̍t)
      Mandarin: 魔術 / 魔术 (zh) (móshù), 戲法 / 戏法 (zh) (xìfǎ)
    • Dutch: goochelkunst f, illusionisme (nl) n
    • Esperanto: iluzio
    • Finnish: taikatemppu (fi), taikuruus, silmänkääntötemppu (fi)
    • French: magie (fr) f
    • Galician: maxia f
    • German: Magie (de) f
    • Greek: μαγεία (el) f (mageía), ταχυδακτυλουργία (el) f (tachydaktylourgía)
    • Hungarian: mágia (hu), bűvészet (hu), bűvészkedés (hu)
    • Indonesian: sulap (id)
    • Irish: draíocht f
    • Italian: magia (it) f
    • Japanese: 手品 (ja) (てじな, tejina)
    • Kalmyk: ав (av)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: سیحر (sîḧir)
    • Latin: praestīgiae f pl
    • Luxembourgish: Magie f
    • Malayalam: മാന്ത്രികം (māntrikaṁ), ജാലവിദ്യ (ml) (jālavidya), മായാജാലം (māyājālaṁ)
    • Marathi: जादू f (jādū)
    • Norman: magie f (Jersey)
    • Norwegian:
      Bokmål: tryllekunst m
      Nynorsk: tryllekunst m or f
    • Persian:
      Iranian Persian: تَرْدَسْتی (tardasti)
    • Portuguese: magia (pt), mágica (pt) f (Brazil)
    • Romanian: magie (ro) f
    • Russian: фо́кус (ru) m (fókus)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: чаро̀лија f, ма̀гија f, ма̀ђија f
      Latin: čaròlija (sh) f, màgija (sh) f, màđija (sh) f
    • Swedish: trolleri (sv) n
    • Thai: มายากล (th) (maa-yaa-gon)
    • Tibetan: སྒྱུ་མ (sgyu ma), མིག་འཕྲུལ (mig 'phrul)
    • Turkish: gözbağı (tr), sihir (tr)
    • Ukrainian: фо́кус m (fókus)
    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
    Translations to be checked
    • Esperanto: (please verify) magio
    • French: (please verify) magie (fr) f, (please verify) sorcelerie
    • Hebrew: (please verify) קֶסֶם (he) m (kesem)
    • Italian: (please verify) magia (it) f
    • Romanian: (please verify) magie (ro) f, (please verify) vrajă (ro) f, (please verify) farmec (ro) m or f
    • Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) draoidheachd f, (please verify) geasan m, (please verify) drùidheachd f
    • Spanish: (please verify) magia (es) f
    • Swedish: (please verify) magi (sv) c

    Adjective

    magic (not comparable)

    1. Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. [from 14th c.]
      Synonym: magical
      a magic wand
      a magic dragon
    2. Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic. [from 17th c.]
      Synonyms: wonderful, amazing
      a magic moment
    3. Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc. [from 19th c.]
      Synonym: magical
      a magic show
      a magic trick
    4. (colloquial) Great; excellent. [from 20th c.]
      I cleaned up the flat while you were out. —Really? Magic!
    5. (physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184. [from 20th c.]
    6. (programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable [from 20th c.]
      The code is full of magic numbers and we can't figure out what they mean.

    Derived terms

    • bimagic
    • doubly magic
    • magically
    • magic bullet
    • magic carpet
    • magic circle
    • magic constant
    • magic cookie
    • magic cube
    • magic dirt
    • magic dust
    • magic e
    • magic eye
    • magic lantern
    • magic marker
    • magic mist
    • magic mud
    • magic mushroom
    • magic nigger
    • magic number
    • magic point
    • magic realism
    • magic smoke
    • magic soil
    • magic square
    • magic sugar
    • magic sword
    • magic thinking
    • magic trick
    • magic wand
    • multimagic
    • red magic lily
    • tetramagic
    • trimagic

    Translations

    having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
    • Arabic: سِحْرِيّ (siḥriyy)
    • Bashkir: тылсымлы (tïlsïmlï), сихырлы (sixïrlï)
    • Bulgarian: магически (bg) (magičeski)
    • Catalan: màgic (ca)
    • Czech: kouzelný (cs)
    • Dutch: (please verify) magisch (nl), (please verify) betoverd (nl), (please verify) tover- (nl)
    • Finnish: maaginen (fi), taika-
    • Galician: máxico
    • German: magisch (de)
    • Greek:
      Ancient Greek: μαγικός (magikós)
    • Hungarian: varázs- (hu) (in compounds), mágikus (hu), elvarázsolt (hu), bűvös (hu)
    • Indonesian: sakti (id), magis (id)
    • Irish: draíochtach
    • Latin: magus, magicus
    • Luxembourgish: magesch
    • Malay: sakti
    • Polish: magiczny (pl)
    • Portuguese: mágico (pt)
    • Romanian: magic (ro)
    • Russian: волше́бный (ru) (volšébnyj), колдовско́й (ru) (koldovskój), маги́ческий (ru) (magíčeskij)
    • Scottish Gaelic: seunta
    • Serbo-Croatian: čarobni (sh), magični (sh)
    • Swedish: magisk (sv)
    • Turkish: büyülü (tr), sihirli (tr), efsunlu
    • Volapük: magivik (vo)
    • Welsh: hud (cy)
    producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
    • Armenian: մոգական (hy) (mogakan)
    • Dutch: magisch (nl), betoverend (nl), feeëriek (nl)
    • Estonian: maagiline
    • Finnish: maaginen (fi), taianomainen (fi), lumoava (fi)
    • Galician: máxico
    • German: magisch (de)
    • Greek: μαγικός (el) (magikós)
    • Hungarian: bűvös (hu), varázsos (hu), varázslatos (hu), mágikus (hu)
    • Icelandic: töfrandi
    • Indonesian: ajaib (id)
    • Italian: magico (it)
    • Latin: magicus, magus
    • Latvian: maģisks (lv)
    • Macedonian: магичен (magičen)
    • Norwegian: magisk (no)
    • Portuguese: mágico (pt)
    • Romanian: magic (ro), minunat (ro), fermecător (ro)
    • Russian: волше́бный (ru) (volšébnyj)
    • Turkish: harikulade (tr), müthiş (tr), büyüleyici (tr)
    featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
    • Dutch: (please verify) magisch (nl), (please verify) goochel- (nl)
    • Finnish: taika-, taikuri- (fi)
    • Galician: máxico
    • Greek: μαγικός (el) (magikós), ταχυδακτυλουργικός (el) (tachydaktylourgikós)
    • Latin: magicus, magus
    • Luxembourgish: magesch
    • Portuguese: mágico (pt)
    • Romanian: magic (ro)
    • Russian: волше́бный (ru) (volšébnyj)
    • Turkish: büyülü (tr), sihirli (tr)
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    • Esperanto: (please verify) magia (eo)
    • French: (please verify) magique (fr), (please verify) ensorcelé (fr)
    • Hebrew: (please verify) קסום (he) (kassum)
    • Italian: (please verify) magico (it)
    • Japanese: (please verify) マジック (ja)
    • Latin: (please verify) magus, (please verify) magicus
    • Romanian: (please verify) magic (ro), (please verify) vrăjit (ro)
    • Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) draoidheachd f, (please verify) geasan m, (please verify) drùidheachd f
    • Spanish: (please verify) mágico (es)
    • Swedish: (please verify) magisk (sv)

    Verb

    magic (third-person singular simple present magics, present participle magicking, simple past and past participle magicked)

    1. (transitive) To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic. [from 20th c.]
      Synonyms: conjure up, magic up
      • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
        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.
      • 2018, Oliver Bullough, chapter 8, in Moneyland, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 132:
        The Western professionals magic so much money offshore that it is impossible to put a reliable figure on it.
      • 2021 October 6, Philip Haigh, “Rail freight has a key role in boosting Britain's resilience”, in RAIL, number 941, page 47:
        None can be magicked overnight.

    Derived terms

    • magic up

    Translations

    to produce something, as if by magic
    • Finnish: taikoa (fi), loihtia (fi)
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    • Dutch: (please verify) (tevoorschjn) toveren
    • Hebrew: (please verify) כִּשֵּׁף (kishéf)
    • Romanian: (please verify) vrăji (ro)
    • Spanish: (please verify) embrujar (es)
    • Swedish: (please verify) förtrolla (sv), (please verify) förhäxa (sv)

    Further reading

    • magic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

    Anagrams

    • gamic

    Occitan

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Béarn):(file)

    Adjective

    magic m (feminine singular magica, masculine plural magics, feminine plural magicas)

    1. magic, magical

    Derived terms

    • magicament

    Related terms

    • magia

    Romanian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from French magique. By surface analysis, magie + -ic.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈma.d͡ʒik/

      Adjective

      magic m or n (feminine singular magică, masculine plural magici, feminine/neuter plural magice)

      1. magical

      Declension

      Declension of magic
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative
      indefinite magic magică magici magice
      definite magicul magica magicii magicele
      genitive-
      dative
      indefinite magic magice magici magice
      definite magicului magicei magicilor magicelor

      Further reading

      • “magic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
      Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=magic&oldid=95491394"
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