noun
Meaning 1
Wonder; astonishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wonderment
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A puzzle or curiosity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wonder, admiration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: astonishment, amazement
Narrower terms: awe
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English wonder Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English wonderment From wonder + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: учудване (učudvane) — state of wonder
- Bulgarian: удивление (udivlenie) — state of wonder
- Dutch: verwondering — state of wonder
- Polish: zdumienie — state of wonder
- Polish: zdziwienie — state of wonder
- Russian: изумле́ние (izumlénije) — state of wonder
- Spanish: maravilla — state of wonder
- Spanish: maravillosidad — state of wonder
- Swedish: förundran — state of wonder
- Ukrainian: здивува́ння (zdyvuvánnja) — state of wonder
- Ukrainian: по́див (pódyv) — state of wonder