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magic

adj · name · noun · verb · 20 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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  • UK: /ˈmad͡ʒɪk/
  • US: /ˈmæd͡ʒɪk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ædʒɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE1 JH IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a magic wand
  • a magic dragon

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magical

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a magic moment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wonderful, amazing

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a magic show
  • a magic trick

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magical

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Great; excellent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, not-comparable

Examples

  • I cleaned up the flat while you were out. —Really? Magic!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Examples

  • The code is full of magic numbers and we can't figure out what they mean.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

An Allied cryptanalysis project, during and prior to World War II, that decrypted Japanese messages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • “My magic will help you find true love,” said the witch as she looked for the right herbs in her collection.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dwimmer, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

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.

The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dwimmer, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

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.

A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rare, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dwimmer, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry, cantrip, incantation, chantment, charm, craft, enchantment, hex, magic, magic spell, makutu, mojo, obeah, pishogue, rune, spell, spellword, wanga

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

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.

The ability to cast a magic spell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

Topics: games, gaming

Examples

  • I learned a new magic after rescuing the tree fairy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dwimmer, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.

Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable, usually

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: illusionism, legerdemain, sleight of hand, conjuration, conjuring, dweomercraft, hocus-pocus, jugglery, magic, prestidigitation, prestigiation

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.

One such conjuring trick or illusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: illusionism, legerdemain, sleight of hand, conjuration, conjuring, dweomercraft, hocus-pocus, jugglery, magic, prestidigitation, prestigiation

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Initialism of magnetism-based interaction capture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conjure up, magic up

Antonyms: none provided

18

adjective satellite

Meaning 18

possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers- Shakespeare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • charming incantations
  • magic signs that protect against adverse influence
  • a magical spell
  • 'tis now the very witching time of night
  • wizard wands
  • wizardly powers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: charming, magical, sorcerous, witching(a), wizard(a), wizardly

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: performance

Narrower terms: card trick, prestidigitation, sleight of hand

20

noun

Meaning 20

any art that invokes supernatural powers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thaumaturgy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supernaturalism

Narrower terms: juju, mojo, conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation, sorcery, black magic, black art, necromancy, white magic

History

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 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, “magus”). Ultimately from Old Iranian, probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh2gh- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”). Displaced Old English ġealdor (whence Middle English galder) and dwimmer.

Across languages

Translations

411 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِحْرِيّ (siḥriyy) — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Bashkir: тылсымлы (tılsımlı) — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Bashkir: сихырлы (sixırlı) — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Bulgarian: магически (magičeski) — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Catalan: màgic — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Czech: kouzelný — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Finnish: maaginen — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Finnish: taika- — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Galician: máxico — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • German: magisch — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Ancient Greek: μαγικός (magikós) — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Hungarian: varázs- — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Hungarian: mágikus — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Hungarian: elvarázsolt — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Hungarian: bűvös — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Indonesian: sakti — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Indonesian: magis — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Irish: draíochtach — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Latin: magus — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Latin: magicus — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Luxembourgish: magesch — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Malay: sakti — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Polish: magiczny — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Portuguese: mágico — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Romanian: magic — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Russian: волше́бный (volšébnyj) — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Russian: колдовско́й (koldovskój) — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Russian: маги́ческий (magíčeskij) — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Scottish Gaelic: seunta — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Serbo-Croatian: čarobni — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Serbo-Croatian: magični — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Swedish: magisk — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Turkish: büyülü — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Turkish: sihirli — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Turkish: efsunlu — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Volapük: magivik — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Welsh: hud — having supernatural talents, properties or qualities
  • Armenian: մոգական (mogakan) — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Dutch: magisch — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Dutch: betoverend — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Dutch: feeëriek — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Estonian: maagiline — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Finnish: maaginen — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Finnish: taianomainen — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Finnish: lumoava — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Galician: máxico — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • German: magisch — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Greek: μαγικός (magikós) — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Hungarian: bűvös — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Hungarian: varázsos — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Hungarian: varázslatos — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Hungarian: mágikus — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Icelandic: töfrandi — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Indonesian: ajaib — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Italian: magico — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Latin: magicus — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Latin: magus — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Latvian: maģisks — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Macedonian: магичен (magičen) — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Norwegian: magisk — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Portuguese: mágico — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Romanian: magic — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Romanian: minunat — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Romanian: fermecător — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Russian: волше́бный (volšébnyj) — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Turkish: harikulade — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Turkish: müthiş — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Turkish: büyüleyici — producing extraordinary results; wonderful, amazing
  • Finnish: taika- — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Finnish: taikuri- — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Galician: máxico — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Greek: μαγικός (magikós) — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Greek: ταχυδακτυλουργικός (tachydaktylourgikós) — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Latin: magicus — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Latin: magus — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Luxembourgish: magesch — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Portuguese: mágico — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Romanian: magic — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Russian: волше́бный (volšébnyj) — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Turkish: büyülü — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Turkish: sihirli — featuring illusions that are usually performed for entertainment
  • Afrikaans: toorkuns — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Afrikaans: toordery — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Albanian: magji — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Arabic: سِحْر (siḥr) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Arabic: سحر (siḥr) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Armenian: մոգություն (mogutʻyun) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Armenian: կախարդություն (kaxardutʻyun) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Assamese: যাদু (zadu) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Assamese: ভেলেকী (bheleki) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Azerbaijani: sehr — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Azerbaijani: sehrbazlıq — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Baluchi: جاتو (játú) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Baluchi: جادو (jádú) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Baluchi: سحر (sihr, sahr) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bashkir: сихыр (sixır) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bashkir: сихырсылыҡ (sixırsılıq) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bashkir: тылсым (tılsım) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Basque: magia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Belarusian: ма́гія (máhija) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Belarusian: чараўні́цтва (čarawníctva) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bengali: জাদু (jadu) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bengali: ভেলকি (bheloki) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bhojpuri: जादू (jādū) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Breton: hud — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bulgarian: маги́я (magíja) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bulgarian: вълшебство́ (vǎlšebstvó) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bulgarian: магьо́сничество (magjósničestvo) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Bulgarian: чародейство (čarodéjstvo) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Burmese: မျက်လှည့် (myakhlany.) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Burmese: ပဉ္စလက် (panyca.lak) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Catalan: màgia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Chinese Cantonese: 魔法 (mo1 faat3) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Chinese: 魔法 (zh-min-nan) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魔法 (mófǎ) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Cornish: hus — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Cornish: pystri — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Czech: kouzla — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Czech: magie — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Czech: čarování — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Danish: magi — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Dutch: toverij — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Dutch: toverkracht — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Dutch: toverkunst — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Dutch: magie — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Egyptian: H-kA:Y1 (ḥkꜣ) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Estonian: maagia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Estonian: nõiakunst — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Estonian: nõidus — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Estonian: võlu — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Finnish: taikuus — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Finnish: taika — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Finnish: magia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • French: magie — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • West-Frisian: magy — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • West-Frisian: tsjoend — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • West-Frisian: tsjoenderij — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Gagauz: büü — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Galician: maxia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Georgian: მაგია (magia) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Georgian: ჯადოქრობა (ǯadokroba) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Georgian: გრძნეულება (grʒneuleba) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Georgian: მისნობა (misnoba) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • German: Zauberei — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • German: Zauber — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • German: Magie — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • German: Hexerei — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Greek: μαγεία (mageía) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Ancient Greek: μαγεία (mageía) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Haitian Creole: maji — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Hebrew: כִּשּׁוּף — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Hebrew: כישוף (kishúf) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Hebrew: קֶסֶם (késem) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Hindi: जादू (jādū) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Hindi: सेहर (sehar) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Hungarian: varázslat — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Hungarian: varázs — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Icelandic: töfrar — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Ido: magio — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Indonesian: sihir — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Indonesian: magi — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Irish: draíocht — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Italian: magia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Japanese: 魔術 (majutsu) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Japanese: 魔法 (mahō) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Japanese: マジック (majikku) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Kalmyk: ав (av) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Kazakh: сиқыр (siqyr) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Kazakh: сиқыршылық (siqyrşylyq) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Khmer: វេទមន្ត (veit mŭən) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Korean: 마술 (masul) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Korean: 마법 (mabeop) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Korean: 요술 (yosul) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Korean: 매직 (maejik) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Central Kurdish: جادوو (cadû) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Central Kurdish: سیحر (sîḧir) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Northern Kurdish: sihir — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Northern Kurdish: cadû — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Northern Kurdish: efsûn — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Kyrgyz: сыйкыр (sıykır) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Kyrgyz: магия (magiya) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Lao: ເວດມົນ (wēt mon) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Latin: magia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Latin: magice — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Latin: veneficium — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Latin: artes magicae — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Latin: artes magae — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Latin: carmen — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Latvian: maģija — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Lithuanian: magija — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Luxembourgish: Magie — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Macedonian: ма́гија (mágija) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Macedonian: во́лшепство (vólšepstvo) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Macedonian: вра́жба (vrážba) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Malagasy: majika — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Malay: sihir — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Malayalam: മന്ത്രവാദം (mantravādaṁ) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Malayalam: മാന്ത്രികം (māntrikaṁ) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Maltese: maġija — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Manx: druaightys — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Manx: drualtys — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Manx: obbeeys — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Manx: pishagys — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Marathi: जादू (jādū) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Middle English: magik — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Mongolian: ид шид (id šid) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Mongolian: рид шид (rid šid) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Navajo: álííl — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Norman: magie — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Norwegian Bokmål: magi — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trolldom — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: magi — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trolldom — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Occitan: magia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Old English: ġealdor — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Oromo: tolcha — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Pashto: جادو (jādu) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Pashto: سحر (sehr) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Iranian Persian: جادو (jâdu) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Iranian Persian: سِحْر (sehr) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Plautdietsch: Zaubarie — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Plautdietsch: Teewa — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Plautdietsch: Hakjsenkonst — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Polish: magia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Polish: czary — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Portuguese: magia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Portuguese: mágica — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Romanian: magie — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Russian: волшебство́ (volšebstvó) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Russian: ма́гия (mágija) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Russian: колдовство́ (koldovstvó) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Scots: magic — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Scottish Gaelic: draoidheachd — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: чаро̀лија — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀гија — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀ђија — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: čaròlija — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: màgija — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: màđija — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Slovak: mágia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Slovak: kúzlo — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Slovene: čarovnija — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Slovene: magija — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Sotho: boloi — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Spanish: magia — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Swahili: ndumba — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Swedish: magi — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Swedish: trolldom — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tagalog: mahika — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tagalog: salamangka — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tagalog: hikmat — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tajik: ҷоду (jodu) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tajik: ҷодугарӣ (jodugari) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tajik: соҳирӣ (sohiri) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tajik: соҳири (sohir-i) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tatar: сихер (sixer) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tatar: тылсым (tılsım) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Telugu: మాయ (māya) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Thai: เวทมนตร์ (wêet-mon) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Tibetan: མཐུ (mthu) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Turkish: büyü — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Turkish: sihir — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Turkish: efsun — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Turkish: yada — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Turkmen: jady — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Ukrainian: ма́гія (máhija) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Ukrainian: чарівни́цтво (čarivnýctvo) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Ukrainian: чаклу́нство (čaklúnstvo) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Urdu: جادُو (jādū) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Urdu: سِحْر (sihr) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Uyghur: سېھىرگەرلىك (sëhirgerlik) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Uzbek: magiya — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Uzbek: sehrgarlik — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Uzbek: sehr — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Vietnamese: ma thuật — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Vietnamese: yêu thuật — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Vietnamese: phép thuật — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Vietnamese: pháp thuật — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Volapük: magiv — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Welsh: hud — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Woiwurrung: mūng — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Yiddish: כּישוף (kishef) — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • ǃXóõ: gǁxài — use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
  • Afrikaans: toorkuns — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Afrikaans: toordery — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Bulgarian: магьо́сничество (magjósničestvo) — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Danish: sejd — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Dutch: tovenarij — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Dutch: toverkunst — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Dutch: magie — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Egyptian: H-kA:Y1 (ḥkꜣ) — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Finnish: taikamenot — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Finnish: noitamenot — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Finnish: magia — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Galician: maxia — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • German: Magie — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Greek: μαγεία (mageía) — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Ancient Greek: μάγευμα (mágeuma) — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Hungarian: mágia — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Indonesian: sihir — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Irish: draíocht — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Central Kurdish: سیحر (sîḧir) — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Latin: magia — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Latin: veneficium — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Latin: magice — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Latin: carmen — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Old Norse: seiðr — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Plautdietsch: Zaubarie — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Plautdietsch: Hakjsenkonst — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Portuguese: magia — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Portuguese: mágica — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: чаро̀лија — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: вра̏џбина — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: врачање — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀гија — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀ђија — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: čaròlija — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrȁdžbina — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: vračanje — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: màgija — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Serbo-Croatian: màđija — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Sotho: boloi — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Swedish: trolldom — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Swedish: magi — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Turkish: büyü — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Turkish: sihir — ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism
  • Dutch: toverij — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Dutch: magie — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Finnish: taika — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Finnish: taikuus — something spectacular or wonderful
  • French: magie — something spectacular or wonderful
  • French: magique — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Galician: maxia — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Georgian: მაგიური (magiuri) — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Georgian: ჯადოსნური (ǯadosnuri) — something spectacular or wonderful
  • German: Magie — something spectacular or wonderful
  • German: Zauber — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Old High German: zoubar — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Greek: μαγεία (mageía) — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Hungarian: varázs — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Indonesian: keajaiban — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Italian: magia — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Latin: magia — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Latin: magice — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thǖngōchí — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Iranian Persian: جادویی (jâduyi) — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Portuguese: magia — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Serbo-Croatian: чаро̀лија — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀гија — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀ђија — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Serbo-Croatian: čaròlija — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Serbo-Croatian: màgija — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Serbo-Croatian: màđija — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Swedish: magi — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Tatar: могҗиза (moğciza) — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Turkish: mucize — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Turkish: harika — something spectacular or wonderful
  • Armenian: աճպարարություն (ačpararutʻyun) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Chinese Cantonese: 魔術 /魔术 (mo1 seot6) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Chinese: 魔術 /魔术 (zh-min-nan) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魔術 /魔术 (móshù) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戲法 /戏法 (xìfǎ) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Dutch: goochelkunst — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Dutch: illusionisme — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Esperanto: iluzio — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Finnish: taikatemppu — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Finnish: taikuruus — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Finnish: silmänkääntötemppu — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • French: magie — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Galician: maxia — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • German: Magie — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Greek: μαγεία (mageía) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Greek: ταχυδακτυλουργία (tachydaktylourgía) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Hungarian: mágia — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Hungarian: bűvészet — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Hungarian: bűvészkedés — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Indonesian: sulap — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Irish: draíocht — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Italian: magia — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Japanese: 手品 (tejina) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Kalmyk: ав (av) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Central Kurdish: سیحر (sîḧir) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Latin: praestīgiae — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Luxembourgish: Magie — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Malayalam: മാന്ത്രികം (māntrikaṁ) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Malayalam: ജാലവിദ്യ (jālavidya) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Malayalam: മായാജാലം (māyājālaṁ) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Marathi: जादू (jādū) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Norman: magie — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tryllekunst — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tryllekunst — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Iranian Persian: تَرْدَسْتی (tardasti) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Portuguese: magia — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Portuguese: mágica — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Romanian: magie — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Russian: фо́кус (fókus) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: чаро̀лија — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀гија — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀ђија — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: čaròlija — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: màgija — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Serbo-Croatian: màđija — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Swedish: trolleri — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Thai: มายากล (maa-yaa-gon) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Tibetan: སྒྱུ་མ (sgyu ma) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Tibetan: མིག་འཕྲུལ (mig 'phrul) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Turkish: gözbağı — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Turkish: sihir — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Ukrainian: фо́кус (fókus) — illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural
  • Finnish: taikoa — to produce something, as if by magic
  • Finnish: loihtia — to produce something, as if by magic
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