Muggle

Meaning

1. A person who has no magical abilities.
2. (broadly) A person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; (also) a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider or cowan.
3. (broadly) A person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; (also) a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider or cowan.

Translations

Muggel

moldu

babbano

muggle

Muggle

muggle

Muggle

amateur

Moldu

dreuzel

Μαγκλ

amador

trouxa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmʌɡl̩/

Etymology

From mug (“gullible or easily cheated person”) + -le (diminutive suffix), coined by British author J. K. Rowling in her 1997 book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. She later said in a 2004 interview that the word was made to imply both "foolishness and loveability".