mirabilia
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin mīrābilia
Noun edit
mirabilia pl (plural only)
- Wonderful or extraordinary things; marvels.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin mīrābilia, neuter plural form of the adjective mīrābilis (“wonderful, marvelous”). Doublet of meraviglia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mirabilia f pl (plural only)
- (chiefly humorous) wonderful or extraordinary things
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- mirabilia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /miː.raːˈbi.li.a/, [miːräːˈbɪlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mi.raˈbi.li.a/, [miräˈbiːliä]
Adjective edit
mīrābilia
References edit
- mirabilia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)