magical

English

Alternative forms

• magicall (obsolete)
• magyckal (uncommon, sometimes humorous)

Etymology

From magic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒɪkəl/

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Adjective

magical (comparative more magical, superlative most magical)

1. Of, relating to, or by means of magic.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 109:

     But the vulva is the magical wound that bleeds and heals itself every month, and because it bleeds in sympathy with the dark of the moon, the vulva is an expression not of physiology but of cosmology.

2. Enchanting.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.

   The fireworks created a magical atmosphere in that beautiful summer night.

Derived terms

• black magical
• cacomagical
• magical feminism
• magical girl
• magical Negro
• magical realism
• magical realist
• magical thinking
• pyromagical
• quasi-magical

 

• See also magic § Derived terms

Translations

relating to magic

• Arabic: سِحْرِيّ (siḥriyy)
• Belarusian: чараўні́чы (čaraŭníčy), магі́чны (mahíčny), чарадзе́йны (čaradzjéjny)
• Bulgarian: маги́чески (bg) (magíčeski), вълше́бен (bg) (vǎlšében)
• Catalan: màgic (ca)
• Czech: magický (cs)
• Dutch: magisch (nl)
• Finnish: maaginen (fi)
• French: magique (fr)
• Galician: máxico
• German: magisch (de), zauberisch
• Greek:

  Ancient: μαγικός (magikós)

• Icelandic: galdra-, göldróttur
• Indonesian: magis (id), ajaib (id), sakti (id)
• Irish: rúnda
• Japanese: 魔法の (ja) (まほうの, mahō no)
• Korean: 마법의 (ko) (mabeobui)
• Latin: magicus, magus
• Latvian: maģisks (lv)
• Macedonian: во́лшебен (vólšeben), ма́гичен (mágičen)
• Malay: magik
• Malayalam: മാന്ത്രിക (māntrika)
• Occitan: magic (oc)
• Old Norse: vittugr
• Polish: magiczny (pl), czarodziejski (pl)
• Portuguese: mágico (pt)
• Romanian: magic (ro)
• Russian: волше́бный (ru) (volšébnyj), маги́ческий (ru) (magíčeskij)
• Scots: weirdly
• Scottish Gaelic: seunta
• Slovak: magický
• Slovene: čaroben (sl), magičen
• Spanish: mágico (es)
• Swedish: magisk (sv)
• Turkish: büyülü (tr), büyüsel (tr)
• Ukrainian: чарівни́й (čarivnýj), магі́чний (mahíčnyj)

enchanting

• Bulgarian: вълше́бен (bg) (vǎlšében)
• Catalan: màgic (ca)
• Dutch: betoverend (nl), magisch (nl)
• Finnish: taianomainen (fi), maaginen (fi)
• Icelandic: töfrandi, töfrum líkt
• Indonesian: ajaib (id)
• Latin: fascinans (la), magicus, magus
• Macedonian: во́лшебен (vólšeben)
• Malayalam: മാന്ത്രിക (māntrika)
• Romanian: magic (ro), fermecător (ro), încântător (ro)
• Russian: волше́бный (ru) (volšébnyj)
• Turkish: büyüleyici (tr)

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