"miraculous" meaning in English

See miraculous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /mɪˈɹæk.jə.ləs/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /məˈɹæk.jə.ləs/ [Canada, General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miraculous.wav Forms: more miraculous [comparative], most miraculous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|miraculeux}} Middle French miraculeux, {{ncog|ang|wundorlīċ}} Old English wundorlīċ Head templates: {{en-adj}} miraculous (comparative more miraculous, superlative most miraculous)
  1. By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events. Translations (by supernatural or uncommon causes): θαυμαστός (thaumastós) (Ancient Greek), خَارِق (ḵāriq) (Arabic), مُعْجِز (muʕjiz) (Arabic), milagrosu (Asturian), অলৌকিক (olōukik) (Bengali), burzhudus (Breton), чудотворен (čudotvoren) (Bulgarian), miraculós (Catalan), 奇妙的 (Chinese Mandarin), 神奇的 (Chinese Mandarin), zázračný (Czech), miraculeus (Dutch), verwonderlijk (Dutch), wonderbaarlijk (Dutch), imeline (Estonian), undurfullur (Faroese), undursamur (Faroese), ihmeellinen (Finnish), ihmeenomainen (Finnish), käsittämätön (Finnish), miraculeux (French), milagroso (Galician), milagreiro (Galician), wundertätig (German), mirakulös (German), Wunder- (German), θαυματουργικός (thavmatourgikós) (Greek), míorúilteach (Irish), miracoloso (Italian), чудо́творен (čudótvoren) (Macedonian), чу́десен (čúdesen) (Macedonian), അത്ഭുതകരമായ (atbhutakaramāya) (Malayalam), mirakuløs (Norwegian Bokmål), mirakuløs (Norwegian Nynorsk), miraculós (Occitan), miraclós (Occitan), wundorlīċ (Old English), معجزهآسا (mo'jeze-asa) (Persian), milagroso (Portuguese), miraculos (Romanian), чудотво́рный (čudotvórnyj) (Russian), чудоде́йственный (čudodéjstvennyj) (Russian), mìorbhaileach (Scottish Gaelic), milagroso (Spanish), underbar (Swedish), mirakulös (Swedish), undergörande (Swedish), gwyrth (Welsh)
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  2. Very surprising; amazing.
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Derived forms: miraculous berry, miraculous fruit, miraculously, miraculousness Related terms: miracle
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/məˈɹæk.jə.ləs/",
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}
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Asturian translations",
    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Breton translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
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    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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    "Terms with Welsh translations"
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    {
      "word": "miraculous berry"
    },
    {
      "word": "miraculous fruit"
    },
    {
      "word": "miraculously"
    },
    {
      "word": "miraculousness"
    }
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "miraculeux"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French miraculeux",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wundorlīċ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wundorlīċ",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "more miraculous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most miraculous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "miraculous (comparative more miraculous, superlative most miraculous)",
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    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "mi‧rac‧u‧lous"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events."
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        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ]
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Very surprising; amazing."
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        [
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          "surprising"
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          "amazing",
          "amazing"
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      "ipa": "/mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/",
      "tags": [
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪˈɹæk.jə.ləs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈɹæk.jə.ləs/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-American"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵāriq",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "خَارِق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʕjiz",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "مُعْجِز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "milagrosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "olōukik",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "অলৌকিক"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "burzhudus"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čudotvoren",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "чудотворен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "miraculós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "奇妙的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "神奇的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "zázračný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "miraculeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "verwonderlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "wonderbaarlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "imeline"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "undurfullur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "undursamur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "ihmeellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "ihmeenomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "käsittämätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "miraculeux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "milagroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "milagreiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "wundertätig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "mirakulös"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "Wunder-"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thavmatourgikós",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "θαυματουργικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thaumastós",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "θαυμαστός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "míorúilteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "miracoloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čudótvoren",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "чудо́творен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čúdesen",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "чу́десен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "atbhutakaramāya",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "അത്ഭുതകരമായ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "mirakuløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "mirakuløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "miraculós"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "miraclós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "wundorlīċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mo'jeze-asa",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "معجزهآسا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "milagroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "miraculos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čudotvórnyj",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "чудотво́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čudodéjstvennyj",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "чудоде́йственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "mìorbhaileach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "milagroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "underbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "mirakulös"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "undergörande"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "by supernatural or uncommon causes",
      "word": "gwyrth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miraculous"
}

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