"Marvel" meaning in English

See Marvel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Marvels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Marvel (plural Marvels)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Marvel-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From marvel, marvelous. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Marvel
  1. (fiction, literature, comics) Ellipsis of Marvel Comics. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Marvel Comics
    Sense id: en-Marvel-en-name-R230ThG~ Categories (other): Comics, Fiction, Literature, Marvel Comics Topics: comics, fiction, literature, media, publishing
  2. (fiction, film, television) Ellipsis of Marvel Studios. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Marvel Studios
    Sense id: en-Marvel-en-name-IlbM4wok Categories (other): Fiction, Film, Marvel Comics, Television, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 7 70 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 14 47 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 8 71 8 Topics: broadcasting, fiction, film, literature, media, publishing, television
  3. (fiction) Clipping of Marvelverse Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: Marvelverse
    Sense id: en-Marvel-en-name-69jrMUV8 Categories (other): Fiction, Fictional universes Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Marvelverse, MCU
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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