"magical" meaning in English

See magical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmæd͡ʒɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-magical.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-magical.wav Forms: more magical [comparative], most magical [superlative]
Etymology: From magic + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|magic|al}} magic + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} magical (comparative more magical, superlative most magical)
  1. Of, relating to, or by means of magic. Translations (relating to magic): μαγικός (magikós) (Ancient Greek), سِحْرِيّ (siḥriyy) (Arabic), чараўні́чы (čaraŭníčy) (Belarusian), магі́чны (mahíčny) (Belarusian), чарадзе́йны (čaradzjéjny) (Belarusian), маги́чески (magíčeski) (Bulgarian), вълше́бен (vǎlšében) (Bulgarian), màgic (Catalan), magický (Czech), magisch (Dutch), maaginen (Finnish), magique (French), máxico (Galician), magisch (German), zauberisch (German), galdra- (Icelandic), göldróttur (Icelandic), magis (Indonesian), ajaib (Indonesian), sakti (Indonesian), rúnda (Irish), 魔法の (mahō no) (alt: まほうの) (Japanese), 마법의 (mabeobui) (Korean), magicus (Latin), magus (Latin), maģisks (Latvian), во́лшебен (vólšeben) (Macedonian), ма́гичен (mágičen) (Macedonian), magik (Malay), മാന്ത്രിക (māntrika) (Malayalam), magic (Occitan), vittugr (Old Norse), magiczny (Polish), czarodziejski (Polish), mágico (Portuguese), magic (Romanian), волше́бный (volšébnyj) (Russian), маги́ческий (magíčeskij) (Russian), weirdly (Scots), seunta (Scottish Gaelic), magický (Slovak), čaroben (Slovene), magičen (Slovene), mágico (Spanish), magisk (Swedish), büyülü (Turkish), büyüsel (Turkish), чарівни́й (čarivnýj) (Ukrainian), магі́чний (mahíčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-magical-en-adj-uHQyiDrd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'relating to magic': 100 0
  2. Enchanting. Categories (topical): Occult Translations (enchanting): вълше́бен (vǎlšében) (Bulgarian), màgic (Catalan), betoverend (Dutch), magisch (Dutch), taianomainen (Finnish), maaginen (Finnish), töfrandi (Icelandic), töfrum líkt (Icelandic), ajaib (Indonesian), fascinans (Latin), magicus (Latin), magus (Latin), во́лшебен (vólšeben) (Macedonian), മാന്ത്രിക (māntrika) (Malayalam), magic (Romanian), fermecător (Romanian), încântător (Romanian), волше́бный (volšébnyj) (Russian), büyüleyici (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: magicall [obsolete], magyckal [humorous, sometimes, uncommon]

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "māntrika",
      "sense": "enchanting",
      "word": "മാന്ത്രിക"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enchanting",
      "word": "magic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enchanting",
      "word": "fermecător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "enchanting",
      "word": "încântător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volšébnyj",
      "sense": "enchanting",
      "word": "волше́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "enchanting",
      "word": "büyüleyici"
    }
  ],
  "word": "magical"
}

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