miraculous

miraculous

English

Etymology

From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈɹækjələs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈɹækjʊləs/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧rac‧u‧lous

Adjective

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.
2. Very surprising; amazing.
   • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎:

     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.

Derived terms

• miraculously
• miraculousness

Related terms

• miracle

Translations

by supernatural or uncommon causes

Arabic: خَارِق‎ (ḵāriq), مُعْجِز‎ (muʿjiz) Asturian: milagrosu Bengali: অলৌকিক (bn) (ôloukik) Breton: burzhudus (br) Bulgarian: чудотворен (bg) (čudotvoren) Catalan: miraculós Chinese: Mandarin: 奇妙的, 神奇的 Czech: zázračný Dutch: miraculeus (nl), verwonderlijk (nl), wonderbaarlijk (nl) Estonian: imeline Faroese: undurfullur, undursamur Finnish: ihmeellinen (fi), ihmeenomainen, käsittämätön (fi) French: miraculeux (fr) Galician: milagroso, milagreiro German: wundertätig (de), mirakulös (de), Wunder- (de) Greek: θαυματουργικός (el) (thavmatourgikós) Ancient: θαυμαστός (thaumastós) Irish: míorúilteach Italian: miracoloso (it) Malayalam: അത്ഭുതകരമായ (atbhutakaramāya) Norwegian: Bokmål: mirakuløs Nynorsk: mirakuløs Occitan: miraculós, miraclós Old English: wundorlīċ Persian: معجزه‌آسا‎ (fa) (mo'jeze-asa) Portuguese: milagroso (pt) Romanian: miraculos (ro) Russian: чудотво́рный (ru) (čudotvórnyj), чудоде́йственный (ru) (čudodéjstvennyj) Scottish Gaelic: mìorbhaileach Spanish: milagroso Swedish: underbar (sv), mirakulös (sv), undergörande Welsh: gwyrth (cy)