magician

English

Alternative forms

magitian (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/
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Hyphenation: ma‧gi‧cian
Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

magician (plural magicians, feminine magicianess)

A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
(sometimes derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
- 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
  The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.
A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
A person who astounds; an enigma.

Synonyms

(practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic): sorcerer, thaumaturge, wizard, warlock, witch, enchanter, magic user
(spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts): spiritualist, mystic, witch doctor
(performer of tricks): wizard, trickster, stage magician
(talented craftsman or scientist): whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard
(person who astounds, is an enigma): phenomenon
See also Thesaurus:magician

Derived terms

archmagician
cacomagician
magicianess

Related terms

magic
magical
magically
magicienne

Translations

practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic

Albanian: magjistar (sq) m
Arabic: سَاحِر‎ m (sāḥir)
Armenian: կախարդ (hy) (kaxard), վհուկ (hy) (vhuk)
Azerbaijani: sehrbaz (az), cadugər (az)
Baluchi: سحرگو‎ (sahargo), جادوگر‎, سحر کنوخ‎ (sihr kanox)
Bashkir: (black) сихырсы (sixırsı), (white) тылсымсы (tılsımsı)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: чараўні́к m (čaraŭník), маг m (mah), чарадзе́й m (čaradzjéj)
Bengali: জাদুকর (bn) (jadukôrô)
Breton: hudour m
Bulgarian: вълше́бник (bg) m (vǎlšébnik), чароде́й (bg) m (čarodéj), маг (bg) m (mag), магьо́сник (bg) m (magjósnik), ве́щер (bg) m (véšter)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic (ca) m, fetiller (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 巫師, 巫师 (mou⁴ si¹)
Mandarin: 巫師／巫师 (zh) (wūshī), 覡／觋 (zh) (xí), 魔法師／魔法师 (zh) (mófǎshī), 妖人 (zh) (yāorén)
Czech: kouzelník (cs) m, čaroděj (cs) m, mág (cs) m, čarodějník (cs) m
Danish: troldmand c
Dutch: tovenaar (nl) m, magiër (nl) m
Egyptian:

(zꜣw m)
Esperanto: iluziisto, sorĉisto
Estonian: maag (et), võlur (et)
Faroese: gandakallur m
Finnish: taikuri (fi)
French: magicien (fr) m
Galician: meigo m, escoler (gl) m, bruxo m
Georgian: ჯადოქარი (ǯadokari), გრძნეული (grʒneuli)
German: Magier (de) m, Zauberer (de) m, Zaubrer (de) m, Magierin (de) f, Zauberin (de) f, Zaubrerin (de) f
Greek: μάγος (el) m (mágos)
Hebrew: קוֹסֵם‎ (he) m (kosém), מְכַשֵּׁף‎ (he) m (mekhashéf)
Hindi: जादूगर (hi) m (jādūgar), साहिर (hi) m (sāhir)
Hungarian: varázsló (hu)
Icelandic: töframaður m
Indonesian: tukang sulap (id), dukun (id)
Irish: draíodóir m, draoi m
Italian: mago (it) m, stregone (it) m
Japanese: 魔法使い (ja) (まほうつかい, mahō tsukai), 魔術師 (ja) (まじゅつし, majutsushi)
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (māntrika)
Kazakh: сиқыршы (siqyrşy), шебер (kk) (şeber)
Khmer: មេធ្មប់ (mei thmup), ទិព្វ (km) (tɨp)
Korean: 마술사(魔術師) (ko) (masulsa), 마법사(魔法師) (ko) (mabeopsa)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sihirbend (ku), sahir (ku)
Kyrgyz: сыйкырчы (ky) (sıykırçı), жадыгер (ky) (jadıger)
Lao: ນະເລນ (na lēn), ຜູ້ວິເສດ (phū wi sēt), ພໍ່ມົດ (phǭ mot)
Latgalian: būrs m, būre f, ragaņs m, ragane f
Latin: magus
Latvian: burvis m, burve f, zintnieks m
Lithuanian: magas (lt) m, burtininkas m
Macedonian: магионичар m (magioničar), волшебник m (volšebnik), маѓепсник m (maǵepsnik), магионичар m (magioničar), вештер m (vešter)
Manx: druaightagh, fer-obbee
Maori: kaimākutu
Middle English: magicien
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: илбэчин (mn) (ilbečin), арш (mn) (arš), шидтэн (mn) (šidten)
Nauruan: itsibemin (na)
Norman: magicien m
North Frisian: Gögeler (Sylt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: magiker m, trollmann m
Nynorsk: trollmann m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: чародѣи m (čaroděj)
Old East Slavic: чародѣи m (čaroděj)
Ottoman Turkish: سحرباز‎ (sihrbâz)
Pashto: جادوګر‎ m (jādugar), ساحر‎ m (sāher), سحرګر‎ m (sehrgar)
Persian: جادوگر‎ (fa) (jâdugar), ساحر‎ (fa) (sâher), سحرباز‎ (sehrbâz)
Plautdietsch: Zaubra n, Hajksenmeista m
Polish: magik (pl) m, czarodziej (pl) m, czarownik (pl) m
Portuguese: mago (pt) m, bruxo (pt) m, mágico (pt) m, feiticeiro (pt) m
Romanian: magician (ro) m, vrăjitor (ro) m
Russian: волше́бник (ru) m (volšébnik), колду́н (ru) m (koldún), маг (ru) m (mag), чароде́й (ru) m (čarodéj)
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мађио̀нича̄р m, ма̑г m, чаро̀бња̄к m
Roman: mađiòničār (sh) m, mȃg (sh) m, čaròbnjāk (sh) m
Slovak: kúzelník m, mág m, čarodejník m, čarodej m
Slovene: čarovnik (sl) m
Spanish: mago (es) m
Swedish: trollkarl (sv) m, trollkäring (sv) f, trollkona f, trollpacka (sv) f, trollgubbe m
Tagalog: salamangkero
Tajik: ҷодугар (jodugar), соҳир (sohir), афсунгар (afsungar)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Tatar: сихерче (tt) (sixerçe) (black), тылсымчы (tt) (tılsımçı) (white)
Thai: ผู้วิเศษ (pûu-wí-sèet), พ่อมด (pɔ̂ɔ-mót)
Turkish: sihirbaz (tr), büyücü (tr)
Turkmen: jadygöý (tk)
Ukrainian: чарівни́к m (čarivnýk), маг (uk) m (mah), чароді́й m (čarodíj)
Urdu: جادوگر‎ m (jādūgar), ساحر‎ m (sāhir)
Uyghur: سېھىرگەر‎ (sëhirger), جادۇگەر‎‎ (jaduger‎)
Uzbek: sehrgar (uz), jodugar (uz), afsungar (uz)
Vietnamese: phù thủy (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) magivan (vo), (♂) himagivan, (♀) jimagivan (vo)
Welsh: swynwr m, dewin m
West Frisian: tsjoender c
Yiddish: מכשף‎ m (mekhashef)

spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts

Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic (ca) m, fetiller (ca) m
Egyptian:

(zꜣw)
Finnish: mystikko (fi)
Galician: meigo m, feiticeiro m
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (māntrika)
Latin: magus, mysticus
Norwegian: trollmann m
Plautdietsch: Zaubra n, Hajksenmeista m
Polish: mag (pl) m
Portuguese: feiticeiro (pt) m
Russian: заклина́тель (ru) m (zaklinátelʹ), чароде́й (ru) m (čarodéj)
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Spanish: mago (es) m
Tagalog: salamangkero
West Frisian: tsjoender c

performer of tricks

Armenian: աճպարար (hy) (ačparar)
Belarusian: фо́куснік m (fókusnik), штука́р m (štukár)
Bulgarian: фо́кусник (bg) m (fókusnik)
Burmese: မျက်လှည့်ဆရာ (my) (myakhlany.hca.ra)
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 魔術師, 魔术师 (mo¹ seot⁶ si¹)
Mandarin: 魔術師／魔术师 (zh) (móshùshī)
Danish: tryllekunstner c, gøgler c
Dutch: goochelaar (nl) m, illusionist (nl) m, magiër (nl) m
Esperanto: prestidigitiisto c, magiisto m
Estonian: mustkunstnik, illusionist (et)
Finnish: illusionisti
German: Magier (de) m, Magierin (de) f, Zauberkünstler (de) m, Zauberkünstlerin (de) f, Illusionskünstler m, Illusionskünstlerin f, Gaukler (de) m
Greek: ταχυδακτυλουργός (el) m or f (tachydaktylourgós)
Latin: praestīgiātor m, praestīgiātrix f
Malay: ahli silap mata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tryllekunstner m
Nynorsk: tryllekunstnar m
Polish: magik (pl) m
Portuguese: mágico (pt) m, ilusionista (pt)
Romanian: magician (ro) m, magiciană (ro) f, iluzionist (ro) m
Russian: фо́кусник (ru) m (fókusnik), иллюзиони́ст (ru) m (illjuzioníst)
Sanskrit: मायिन् (sa) m (māyin)
Spanish: mago (es) m
Swedish: magiker (sv) c, trollkonstnär c, trollkarl (sv) m, illusionist (sv) c, taskspelare (sv) c
Tagalog: salamangkero
Thai: นักมายากล (nák-maa-yaa-gon)
Turkish: hokkabaz (tr)
Ukrainian: фо́кусник m (fókusnyk), штука́р m (štukár)

amazingly talented craftsman or scientist

Catalan: mag (ca) m
Dutch: tovenaar (nl) m
Finnish: velho (fi)
Portuguese: mago (pt) m, fenômeno (pt) m
Romanian: magician (ro) m
Spanish: fenómeno (es) m

person who astounds, is an enigma

Dutch: goochelaar (nl) m, tovenaar (nl) m, magiër (nl) m
Finnish: ilmiö (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Balinese: ^{(please verify)} balian
Breton: ^{(please verify)} strobineller (br) m, ^{(please verify)} majisian m, ^{(please verify)} hudour m
French: ^{(please verify)} magicien (fr) m, (1) ^{(please verify)} magicienne (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} sorcier (fr) m
German: ^{(please verify)} Magier (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Zauberer (de) m
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} töframaður m, ^{(please verify)} galdramaður (is) m
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} dukun (id)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} mago (it) m, (1) ^{(please verify)} maga (it) f
Latin: ^{(please verify)} magus m
Old English: ^{(please verify)} wiċċa m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} мађионичар m, ^{(please verify)} чаробњак m, ^{(please verify)} чаробница f
Roman: ^{(please verify)} mađioničar (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} čarobnjak (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} čarobnica (sh) f
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} mađioničar (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} čarobnjak (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} čarobnica (sh) f
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} čarodejník m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} mago (es) m, ^{(please verify)} hechicero (es) m
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఐంద్రజాలికుడు (aindrajālikuḍu), ^{(please verify)} ఇంద్రజాలికుడు (te) (indrajālikuḍu), ^{(please verify)} మంత్రగాడు (te) (mantragāḍu)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French magicien.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.d͡ʒi.t͡ʃiˈan/
Hyphenation: ma‧gi‧ci‧an

Noun

magician m (plural magicieni, feminine equivalent magiciană)

magician
Magicianul a avut un iepure și o pălărie.
The magician had a rabbit and a hat.
(figurative) a whizz, magician

Declension

Declension of magician

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) magician	magicianul	(niște) magicieni	magicienii
genitive/dative	(unui) magician	magicianului	(unor) magicieni	magicienilor
vocative	magicianule		magicienilor

Synonyms

mag, vrăjitor

Related terms

magic
magie

References

magician in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)