sorcery

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• General-American: sôr'sərē
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• General-American: /ˈsɔɹ.sə.ɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː.sə.ɹi/
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From Middle English sorcery, borrowed from Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō, seriēs, sermō. Compare also French sorcier.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akkadian: 𒆠𒅖𒁍 (kišpū) — magical power
• Arabic: سِحْر (siḥr) — magical power
• Arabic: سحر (siḥr) — magical power
• Armenian: կախարդություն (kaxardutʻyun) — magical power
• Bulgarian: вълшебство (vǎlšebstvo) — magical power
• Bulgarian: магьосничество (magjosničestvo) — magical power
• Burmese: ပယောဂ (pa.yau:ga.) — magical power
• Catalan: fetilleria — magical power
• Chichewa: matsenga — magical power
• Chinese Mandarin: 妖術 /妖术 (yāoshù) — magical power
• Chinese Mandarin: 巫術 /巫术 (wūshù) — magical power
• Chinese Mandarin: 魔術 /魔术 (móshù) — magical power
• Chinese Mandarin: 魔法 (mófǎ) — magical power
• Chinese Mandarin: 魔力 (mólì) — magical power
• Danish: trolddom — magical power
• Danish: hekseri — magical power
• Danish: magi — magical power
• Danish: heksekunst — magical power
• Dutch: tovenarij — magical power
• Dutch: hekserij — magical power
• Dutch: wichelarij — magical power
• Egyptian: H-kA:Y1 (ḥkꜣ) — magical power
• Esperanto: sorĉado — magical power
• Ewe: dzosasa — magical power
• Finnish: noituus — magical power
• Finnish: noitavoima — magical power
• French: sorcellerie — magical power
• Galician: magacía — magical power
• Galician: meiguería — magical power
• Galician: feiticeiría — magical power
• Galician: xorxinería — magical power
• Galician: bruxeiría — magical power
• Galician: bruxaría — magical power
• Galician: bruxedo — magical power
• German: Zauberei — magical power
• German: Hexerei — magical power
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 (lubjaleisei) — magical power
• Ancient Greek: μαγεία (mageía) — magical power
• Ancient Greek: γοητεία (goēteía) — magical power
• Hindi: माया (māyā) — magical power
• Hungarian: varázslás — magical power
• Hungarian: mágia — magical power
• Hungarian: kuruzslás — magical power
• Ingrian: noijitus — magical power
• Ingrian: noijitos — magical power
• Irish: draíocht — magical power
• Irish: asarlaíocht — magical power
• Italian: stregoneria — magical power
• Japanese: 魔術 (majutsu) — magical power
• Japanese: 巫術 (fujutsu) — magical power
• Japanese: 魔法 (mahō) — magical power
• Korean: 마법 (mabeop) — magical power
• Korean: 요술 (yosul) — magical power
• Central Kurdish: سیحربازی (sîḧirbazî) — magical power
• Latin: magia — magical power
• Latin: veneficium — magical power
• Latin: magice — magical power
• Latin: artes magicae — magical power
• Latin: artes magae — magical power
• Latin: maleficium — magical power
• Māori: mākutu — magical power
• Māori: whaiwhaiā — magical power
• Ngarrindjeri: ngadhungi — magical power
• Norman: chorchell'lie — magical power
• Norwegian: trolldom — magical power
• Old English: drȳcræft — magical power
• Persian: جادو (jâdu) — magical power
• Persian: فرهست (farhast) — magical power
• Plautdietsch: Hakjsarie — magical power
• Plautdietsch: Hakjsenkonst — magical power
• Plautdietsch: Zaubarie — magical power
• Polish: czary — magical power
• Polish: czarnoksięstwo — magical power
• Polish: czarna magia — magical power
• Polish: magia — magical power
• Portuguese: feitiçaria — magical power
• Portuguese: bruxaria — magical power
• Portuguese: bruxedo — magical power
• Portuguese: magia — magical power
• Portuguese: mágica — magical power
• Russian: колдовство́ (koldovstvó) — magical power
• Russian: волшебство́ (volšebstvó) — magical power
• Russian: ча́ры (čáry) — magical power
• Russian: ма́гия (mágija) — magical power
• Russian: ворожба́ (vorožbá) — magical power
• Russian: чароде́йство (čarodéjstvo) — magical power
• Serbo-Croatian: врачарство — magical power
• Serbo-Croatian: врачање — magical power
• Serbo-Croatian: врачарија — magical power
• Serbo-Croatian: враџбина — magical power
• Serbo-Croatian: vračarstvo — magical power
• Serbo-Croatian: vračanje — magical power
• Serbo-Croatian: vračarija — magical power
• Serbo-Croatian: vradžbina — magical power
• Spanish: brujería — magical power
• Spanish: magia — magical power
• Swedish: trolldom — magical power
• Tibetan: མཐུ (mthu) — magical power
• Turkish: büyü — magical power
• Turkish: yada — magical power
• Turkish: efsun — magical power
• Turkish: sihir — magical power
• Vietnamese: yêu thuật — magical power
• Vietnamese: ma thuật — magical power
• Welsh: dewiniaeth — magical power
• Woiwurrung: wurrit — magical power