mirall

Concepts

mirror

🪞

looking-glass

glass

looking glass

rear-view mirror

panel

exterior mirror

door mirror

side mirror

wing mirror

driving mirror

Synonyms

espill

retrovisor

rèplica

Translations

specchio

🪞

espejo

🪞

Spiegel

🪞

espelho

🪞

miroir

🪞

glace

🧊

ayna

🪞

spiegel

🪞

مرآة

🪞

speculum

🪞

καθρέφτης

miralh

κάτοπτρο

Pronounced as (IPA)

[miˈɾaʎ]

Etymology

Cognate with Occitan: miralh

Cognate with Old French: mirail

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan mirall~mirayl, from Vulgar Latin *mīrāclum (“mirror”), derived from Latin mīrārī (“look at”). By surface analysis, mirar + -all. Compare Occitan miralh, Old French mirail. Morphological doublet of miracle, a borrowing from Latin.