hallucination

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• /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AH0 L UW2 S AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Derives from the verb hallucinate, from Latin hallucinatus. Compare French hallucination. The first known usage in the English language is from Sir Thomas Browne.

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hallusinasie — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Arabic: هَلْوَسَة (halwasa) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Arabic: وَهْم (wahm) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Arabic: اِنْخِدَاع (inḵidāʕ) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Armenian: հալյուցինացիա (halyucʻinacʻia) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Armenian: զգայախաբություն (zgayaxabutʻyun) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Armenian: զգայապատրանք (zgayapatrankʻ) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Asturian: allucinación — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Azerbaijani: hallüsinasiya — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Azerbaijani: qarabasma — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Azerbaijani: gözəgörünmə — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Basque: haluzinazio — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Basque: eldarnio — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Belarusian: галюцына́цыя (haljucynácyja) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Bulgarian: халюцина́ция (haljucinácija) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Catalan: al·lucinació — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Chinese Mandarin: 幻覺 /幻觉 (huànjué) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Chinese Mandarin: 幻想 (huànxiǎng) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Czech: halucinace — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Czech: přelud — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Danish: hallucination — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Dutch: waanbeeld — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Dutch: hallucinatie — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Esperanto: halucino — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Esperanto: vizio — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Estonian: hallutsinatsioon — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Finnish: aistiharha — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Finnish: harha-aistimus — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Finnish: hallusinaatio — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Finnish: harhanäky — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Finnish: näköharha — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• French: hallucination — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• French: illusion — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Galician: alucinación — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Georgian: ჰალუცინაცია (halucinacia) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Georgian: ილუზია (iluzia) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• German: Halluzination — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• German: Wahnvorstellung — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• German: Sinnestäuschung — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• German: Illusion — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Greek: παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hebrew: הזיה — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: विभ्रांति (vibhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: विभ्रम (vibhram) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: मतिभ्रम (matibhram) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: मतिभ्रांति (matibhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: भ्रम (bhram) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: भ्रांति (bhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: वहम (vaham) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: इन्ख़िदा (inxidā) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: इंख़िदा (iṅxidā) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hindi: हलवसा (halavsā) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hungarian: hallucináció — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Hungarian: érzékcsalódás — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Icelandic: skynvilla — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Indonesian: halusinasi — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Irish: bréagchéadfa — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Irish: éiclips — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Irish: mearú súl — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Irish: meascán mearaí — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Irish: speabhraíd — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Italian: allucinazione — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Japanese: 幻覚 (genkaku) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Japanese: 幻想 (gensō) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Kazakh: галлюцинация (gallüsinasiä) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Kazakh: елестеушілік (elesteuşılık) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Korean: 환각 (hwan'gak) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Latvian: halucinācija — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Lithuanian: haliucinacija — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Luxembourgish: Halluzinatioun — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Macedonian: халуцина́ција (halucinácija) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Māori: pohewatanga — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Marathi: विभ्रांति (vibhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Marathi: विभ्रम (vibhram) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Marathi: मतिभ्रम (matibhram) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Marathi: मतिभ्रांति (matibhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Marathi: भ्रम (bhram) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Marathi: भ्रांति (bhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Nepali: विभ्रांति (vibhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Nepali: विभ्रम (vibhram) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Nepali: मतिभ्रम (matibhram) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Nepali: मतिभ्रांति (matibhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Nepali: भ्रम (bhram) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Nepali: भ्रांति (bhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Norwegian Bokmål: hallusinasjon — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hallusinasjon — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Plautdietsch: Feebadroom — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Polish: halucynacja — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Portuguese: alucinação — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Russian: галлюцина́ция (galljucinácija) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Russian: иллю́зия (illjúzija) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Russian: наважде́ние (navaždénije) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Russian: глюк (gljuk) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Sanskrit: विभ्रान्ति (vibhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Sanskrit: विभ्रम (vibhrama) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Sanskrit: मतिभ्रम (matibhrama) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Sanskrit: मतिभ्रान्ति (matibhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Sanskrit: भ्रम (bhrama) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Sanskrit: भ्रान्ति (bhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Slovak: halucinácia — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Slovene: halucinacija — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Sotho: pono tse fosahetseng — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Spanish: alucinación — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Spanish: ilusión — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Swedish: hallucination — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Telugu: భ్రాంతి (bhrānti) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Telugu: భ్రమ (bhrama) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Thai: ภาพลวงตา (paa pluang dtaa) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Turkish: sanrı — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Turkish: halüsinasyon — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Ukrainian: галюцина́ція (haljucynácija) — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Welsh: rhithweledigaeth — sensory perception of something that does not exist
• Afrikaans: hallusineer — act of hallucinating
• Bulgarian: халюциниране (haljucinirane) — act of hallucinating
• Catalan: al·lucinació — act of hallucinating
• Finnish: harha-aistimus — act of hallucinating
• Finnish: hallusinointi — act of hallucinating
• Galician: alucinación — act of hallucinating
• German: Halluzinieren — act of hallucinating
• Greek: παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) — act of hallucinating
• Irish: siabhránacht — act of hallucinating
• Macedonian: халуцини́рање (haluciníranje) — act of hallucinating
• Māori: pohewatanga — act of hallucinating
• Portuguese: alucinação — act of hallucinating
• Sotho: phofa — act of hallucinating
• Spanish: alucinación — act of hallucinating
• Turkish: halüsinasyon görme — act of hallucinating