mage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- māj
- /meɪd͡ʒ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /maguš/). Doublet of magus.
Meanings
- A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
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(obsolete) Synonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.
While the liberality of Gelo and his brother Hiero atracted every stranger who could amuse or instruct the court of Syracuse, a Persian Mage related to the former of those princes that he himself had circumnavigated the whole continent of Africa.
c. 1790, Edward Gibbon, On the Position of the Meridional Line, and the supposed Circumnavigation of Africa by the Ancients; republished as The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq. […] , volume 5, 1814, pages 186–87:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mages | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| magi | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
blood mage · magocracy · swordmage · magery · archimage · black mage · technomage · battlemage · astrologamage · archmage · magewoman · mageship · mageocracy · bloodmage
Synonyms
thaumaturge (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic) · magic user (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic) · conjurer (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic) · magus · spellcaster (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic) · mystic (spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts) · enchanter (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic) · witch doctor (spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts) · theurgist (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic) · shaman (spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts) · spiritualist (spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts)
Translations (64)
bg магьосник (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · cs mág (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · pl mag (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ka ჯადოქარი (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · uk маг (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · cmn 法師 /法师 (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · grc μάγος (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · pl czarodziej (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ar مَجُوس (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ka გრძნეული (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · sh čarobnjak (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · fr mage (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · cmn 魔法師 /魔法师 (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · sl mag (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · mk маг (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · la magus (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · la maga (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · pt mago (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · tr büyücü (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ca mag (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · de Zauberin (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ca fetiller (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ru волхв (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · kk сиқыршы (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · lt magas (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · nl tovenaar (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · hu mágus (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · sh mag (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · da magiker (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ar سَاحِر (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · io magi (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · sv magiker (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · da troldmand (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · hu varázsló (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · de Zaubrer (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · nl magiër (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · is galdramaður (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ms ahli sihir (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · io mago (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · tr sihirbaz (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · es mago (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ka მაგი (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · cs kouzelník (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · pt maga (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · de Zaubrerin (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · az مغ (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · kk жадыгөй (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · da mager (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · sv trollkarl (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · tr efsuncu (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · kk дуагер (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · cs čaroděj (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ko 마법사 (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ca màgic (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · fi velho (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · es hechicero (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · fi maagi (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · de Magier (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · fa مجوسی (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · de Zauberer (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · it magio (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · ru маг (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · de Magierin (magician, wizard or sorcerer) · az maq (magician, wizard or sorcerer)