"one-way mirror" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: one-way mirrors [plural]
Etymology: one-way + mirror Etymology templates: {{com|en|one-way|mirror}} one-way + mirror Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-way mirror (plural one-way mirrors)
  1. A mirror reflecting images on one side and transparent on the other, often used by the police during interrogations. Synonyms: two-way mirror Translations (mirror that is transparent on one side): puoliläpäisevä peili (Finnish), miroir sans tain [masculine] (French), glace sans tain [feminine] (French), kaca satu arah (Indonesian), scáthán aonbhealaigh [masculine] (Irish), еднонасочно огледало (ednonasočno ogledalo) [neuter] (Macedonian), lustro weneckie [neuter] (Polish), lustro półprzepuszczalne [neuter] (Polish), одностороннее зе́ркало (odnostoronneje zérkalo) [neuter] (Russian), espejo simulado [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-one-way_mirror-en-noun-dqS0X86B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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