magic word

magic word

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmædʒɪkˌwɜːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmædʒɪkˌwɝd/

Noun

magic word (plural magic words)

1. Any word that has a magical effect when uttered.
2. (in teaching polite expressions to children) The word please, thanks, or thank you.

   What's the magic word?

3. (by extension) Any word that is considered very significant in a certain situation or context.

   When someone offers you drugs, the magic word is "no".

4. (MediaWiki) A string of text that is associated with a return value or function, such as time, site details, or page names.

   Some examples of magic words on the MediaWiki software are __NOTOC__, which hides the table of contents that would normally be on the page, and {{NUMBEROFUSERS}}, which displays the number of registered users on the wiki.

Translations

word with magical effect

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 咒語 (zh), 咒语 (zh) (zhòuyǔ), 咒文 (zh) (zhòuwén) Danish: trylleformel c, hekseformular c, trylleord n Dutch: toverwoord (nl) n Esperanto: magia formulo Estonian: võlusõna Finnish: taikasana French: formule magique (fr) f, incantation (fr) f German: Zauberspruch (de) m, Zauberwort (de) n, Zauberformel (de) f Greek: μαγική λέξη f (magikí léxi), μαγική φόρμουλα f (magikí fórmoula)

Hungarian: varázsige (hu), varázsszó (hu) Italian: formula magica f Japanese: 呪文 (じゅもん, jumon), おまじない (omajinai) Korean: 마법의 말 (mabeobui mal), 마법의 단어 (mabeobui daneo) Norwegian: Bokmål: trollformel m, hekseformular m Persian: ورد‎ (fa) (verd) Portuguese: palavra mágica f, fórmula mágica f Russian: волше́бное сло́во n (volšébnoje slóvo), заклина́ние (ru) n (zaklinánije) Spanish: palabra mágica f, fórmula mágica f Swedish: magiskt ord n, trollformel (sv) c

the word "please" or "thanks"

French: mot magique (fr) m German: Zauberwort (de) n Italian: parola magica f, parolina magica f

Portuguese: palavra mágica f Russian: волше́бное сло́во n (volšébnoje slóvo) Spanish: palabra mágica f