mirage

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
2. (figuratively) An illusion.

Verb

To cause to appear as or like a mirage.

Concepten

luchtspiegeling

fata morgana

fatamorgana

waan

Fata morgana

Synoniemen

optical illusion

illusion

delusion

fata morgana

heat haze

chimera

apparition

will o the wisp

fantasy

hallucination

optical

phantasm

phantasma

Vertalingen

espejismo

mirage

Luftspiegelung

Fata Morgana

miraggio

αντικατοπτρισμός

miragem

οφθαλμαπάτη

miratge

serap

Trugbild

ılgım

rewrewk

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mɪˈɹɑːʒ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Unadapted borrowing from French mirage c. 1812.