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miraculous

adj · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /mɪˈɹæk.jə.ləs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /məˈɹæk.jə.ləs/
  • CMU ARPABET: M ER0 AE1 K Y AH0 L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Very surprising; amazing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a heaven-sent rain saved the crops
  • a providential recovery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heaven-sent, providential

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

being or having the character of a miracle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: marvelous, marvellous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَارِق (ḵāriq) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Arabic: مُعْجِز (muʕjiz) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Asturian: milagrosu — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Bengali: অলৌকিক (olōukik) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Breton: burzhudus — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Bulgarian: чудотворен (čudotvoren) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Catalan: miraculós — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奇妙的 — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神奇的 — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Czech: zázračný — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Dutch: miraculeus — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Dutch: verwonderlijk — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Dutch: wonderbaarlijk — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Estonian: imeline — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Faroese: undurfullur — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Faroese: undursamur — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Finnish: ihmeellinen — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Finnish: ihmeenomainen — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Finnish: käsittämätön — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • French: miraculeux — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Galician: milagroso — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Galician: milagreiro — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • German: wundertätig — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • German: mirakulös — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • German: Wunder- — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Greek: θαυματουργικός (thavmatourgikós) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Ancient Greek: θαυμαστός (thaumastós) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Irish: míorúilteach — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Italian: miracoloso — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Lithuanian: stebuklingas — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Macedonian: чудо́творен (čudótvoren) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Macedonian: чу́десен (čúdesen) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Malayalam: അത്ഭുതകരമായ (atbhutakaramāya) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mirakuløs — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mirakuløs — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Occitan: miraculós — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Occitan: miraclós — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Old English: wundorlīċ — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Persian: معجزهآسا (mo'jeze-asa) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Portuguese: milagroso — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Romanian: miraculos — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Russian: чудотво́рный (čudotvórnyj) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Russian: чудоде́йственный (čudodéjstvennyj) — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Scottish Gaelic: mìorbhaileach — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Spanish: milagroso — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Swedish: underbar — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Swedish: mirakulös — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Swedish: undergörande — by supernatural or uncommon causes
  • Welsh: gwyrth — by supernatural or uncommon causes
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