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mage

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • māj
  • /meɪd͡ʒ/
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  • rhymes with -eɪdʒ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: fantasy

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magus

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /⁠maguš⁠/). Doublet of magus.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَاحِر (sāḥir) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Arabic: مَجُوس (majūs) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Azerbaijani: مغ (mægh, mugh) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Azerbaijani: maq — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Bulgarian: магьосник (magjosnik) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Catalan: mag — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Catalan: màgic — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Catalan: fetiller — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法師 /法师 (fǎshī) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魔法師 /魔法师 (mófǎshī) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Czech: mág — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Czech: čaroděj — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Czech: kouzelník — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Danish: troldmand — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Danish: magiker — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Danish: mager — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Dutch: magiër — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Dutch: tovenaar — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Finnish: maagi — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Finnish: velho — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • French: mage — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Georgian: მაგი (magi) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Georgian: ჯადოქარი (ǯadokari) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Georgian: გრძნეული (grʒneuli) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • German: Magier — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • German: Magierin — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • German: Zauberer — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • German: Zauberin — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • German: Zaubrer — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • German: Zaubrerin — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Ancient Greek: μάγος (mágos) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Hungarian: varázsló — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Hungarian: mágus — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Icelandic: galdramaður — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Ido: mago — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Ido: magi — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Italian: magio — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Kazakh: дуагер (duager) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Kazakh: жадыгөй (jadygöi) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Kazakh: сиқыршы (siqyrşy) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Korean: 마법사 (mabeopsa) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Latin: magus — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Latin: maga — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Lithuanian: magas — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Macedonian: маг (mag) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Malay: ahli sihir — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Persian: مجوسی (majusi) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Polish: mag — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Polish: czarodziej — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Portuguese: mago — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Portuguese: maga — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Russian: маг (mag) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Russian: волхв (volxv) — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Serbo-Croatian: čarobnjak — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Serbo-Croatian: mag — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Slovene: mag — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Spanish: mago — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Spanish: hechicero — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Swedish: trollkarl — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Swedish: magiker — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Turkish: büyücü — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Turkish: sihirbaz — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Turkish: efsuncu — magician, wizard or sorcerer
  • Ukrainian: маг (mah) — magician, wizard or sorcerer