doppelganger
See also: doppelgänger and Doppelgänger
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Etymology edit
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Borrowed from German Doppelgänger (“ghostly spirit”, literally “double-walker”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒp(ə)lˌɡɛŋə/, /-ˌɡæŋə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑp(ə)lˌɡɛŋəɹ/, /-ˌɡæŋəɹ/
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Noun edit
doppelganger (plural doppelgangers)
- A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
- Synonyms: double, doubleganger
- An evil twin.
- Synonym: alter ego
- A remarkably similar double.
- 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC[1]:
- Stars in Their Eyes ran for 16 years from 1990, and had the "wow" factor moment of transforming a pub singer into their idol, as the contestant said the famous words: "Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be…" and then stepped out from a puff of dry ice as their musical doppelganger.
- (fantasy) A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.
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Translations edit
ghostly double of a living person
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evil twin
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remarkably similar double
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- doppelganger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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doppelganger m (plural doppelgangers)
- (fantasy) doppelganger (ghostly double of a living person)