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A vase reflected in a mirror.
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor, from mirer, to look at, from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mirror (plural mirrors)
- A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.
- We could see the lorry in the mirror, so decided to change lanes.
- (figuratively) an object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
- His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.
- Spenser
- O goddess, heavenly bright, / Mirror of grace and majesty divine.
- (computing) An exact copy of a data set, especially a website.
- Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from mirror (noun)
Translations
smooth reflecting surface
- Afrikaans: spieël (af)
- Albanian: pasqyrë (sq) f
- Amharic: መስታዎት (am) (mästawot)
- Arabic: مرآة (ar) (mirʾāa) f
- Egyptian Arabic: مراية (meraaya) f
- Armenian: հայելի (hy) (hayeli)
- Asturian: espeyu (ast) m
- Azeri: güzgü (az)
- Baluchi: آدینک (adí̃k)
- Bashkir: көҙгө (köźgö)
- Basque: ispilu (eu)
- Belarusian: люстэрка (be) (ljustérka) n , люстра (be) (ljústra) n
- Bengali: আয়না (bn) (aẏna)
- Bulgarian: огледало (bg) (ogledálo) n
- Burmese: ကြေးမုံ (my) (kye׃mon), မှန် (my) (hman)
- Catalan: mirall (ca) m, espill (ca) m
- Chechen: куьзга (küzga)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鏡子 (cmn), 镜子 (cmn) (jìngzi)
- Min Nan: 鏡 (nan) (kiàⁿ), 目鏡 (nan) (ba̍k-kiàⁿ)
- Chuvash: тӗкӗр (tĕkĕr)
- Crimean Tatar: küzgü (crh)
- Czech: zrcadlo (cs) n, zrcátko (cs) n
- Danish: spejl (da) n
- Dutch: spiegel (nl)
- Esperanto: spegulo (eo)
- Finnish: peili (fi)
- French: glace (fr) f, miroir (fr) m
- Gagauz: ayna
- Galician: espello (gl) m
- Georgian: სარკე (ka) (sarke)
- German: Spiegel (de) m
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (skuggwa) m
- Greek: καθρέφτης (el) (kathréftis) m
- Hebrew: מַרְאָה (he) (mar'á) f
- Hindi: दर्पण (hi) (darpaṇ) m, शीशा (hi) (śīśa) m, आईना (hi) (ā'īnā) m
- Hungarian: tükör (hu)
- Icelandic: spegill (is) m
- Ido: spegulo (io)
- Indonesian: cermin (id)
- Irish: scáthán (ga) m
- Italian: specchio (it) m
- Japanese: 鏡 (ja) (かがみ, kagami)
- Jèrriais: mitheux m
- Kalmyk: толь (tol')
- Karachay-Balkar: кюзгю (küzgü)
- Kazakh: айна (kk) (ayna)
- Khakas: кӧріндес (köríndes)
- Khmer: កញ្ចក់ (km) (kanh jork)
- Korean: 거울 (ko) (geoul)
- Kumyk: гюзгю (güzgü)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئاوێنه (ckb)
- Kyrgyz: күзгү (ky) (küzgü)
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- Lao: ແວ່ນ (lo) (vǣn)
- Latin: speculum (la) n
- Latvian: spogulis (lv)
- Lithuanian: veidrodis (lt)
- Luxembourgish: Spigel (lb) m
- Macedonian: огледало (mk) (oglédalo) n, ѕрцало (mk) (dz'rcalo) n (archaic or dialectical)
- Malay: cermin (ms)
- Maltese: mera (mt) f
- Marathi: आरसा (mr) (ārsā)
- Mongolian: толь (mn) (tol')
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: speil (nb) n
- Nynorsk: spegel (nn) m
- Occitan: miralh (oc) m, espill (oc) m
- Old Church Slavonic: зрьцало (zrĭcalo) n
- Persian: آیینه (fa) (âyine)
- Polish: lustro (pl) n, zwierciadło (pl) n
- Portuguese: espelho (pt) m
- Quechua: rirpu (qu)
- Romanian: oglindă (ro) f
- Romansch: spievel (rm) m
- Russian: зеркало (ru) (zérkalo) n , (archaic) зерцало (ru) (zercálo) n
- Sanskrit: दर्पण (sa) (darpaṇa) m
- Scottish Gaelic: sgàthan (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: огледало (sh) n, зрцало (sh) n
- Roman: ogledalo (sh) n, zrcalo (sh) n
- Shor: кÿзеген (küzegen)
- Sicilian: specchiu (scn) m
- Slovak: zrkadlo (sk) n, zrkadielko (sk) n
- Slovene: ogledalo (sl) n
- Southern Altai: кӱскӱ (küskü), кӧрӱнгӱш (körüngüş)
- Spanish: espejo (es) m
- Swahili: kioo (sw), (noun 7/8) vioo (sw) pl
- Swedish: spegel (sv)
- Tagalog: tagapaglarawan (tl), salamin (tl)
- Tajik: оина (tg) (oina)
- Tatar: көзге (tt) (közge)
- Telugu: అద్దము (te) (addamu)
- Thai: กระจก (th) (grà-jòk)
- Turkish: ayna (tr), gözgü (tr)
- Turkmen: aýna (tk)
- Tuvan: көрүнчүк (körünçük)
- Ukrainian: дзеркало (uk) (dzérkalo) n
- Urdu: آئینہ (ur) (ā'īnā) m, شیشہ (ur) (śīśa) m, درپن (ur) (darpan) m
- Uzbek: koʻzgu (uz), oyna (uz)
- Venetian: specio m
- Vietnamese: gương (vi)
- Volapük: lok (vo), (diminutive) lokil (vo)
- Yakut: сиэркилэ (sierkile)
- Yiddish: שפּיגל (yi) (shpigl) m
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computing: exact copy of a data set
Verb
mirror (third-person singular simple present mirrors, present participle mirroring, simple past and past participle mirrored)
- (transitive) Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.
- He tried to mirror Elvis's life. He copied his fashion and his mannerisms, and even went to live in Graceland.
- (computing, transitive) To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
- To reflect.
Translations
of an event, activity, behaviour.. to be identical to, be a copy of, to reflect
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