magician

English

Alternative forms

magitian (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məˈdʒɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: ma‧gi‧cian
Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

magician (plural magicians)

A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts (often derogatory).
- 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
  The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.
A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
A person who astounds; an enigma.

Synonyms

(practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic): sorcerer, thaumaturge, wizard, warlock, witch, magic user
(spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts): spiritualist, mystic, witch doctor
(performer of tricks): wizard, trickster, stage magician
(talented craftsman or scientist): whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard
(person who astounds, is an enigma): phenomenon
See also Thesaurus:magician

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Translations

practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic

Albanian: magjistar (sq) m
Arabic: سَاحِر‎ m (sāḥir)
Armenian: կախարդ (hy) (kaxard), վհուկ (hy) (vhuk)
Azerbaijani: sehrbaz (az)
Baluchi: سحرگو‎ (sahargo), جادوگر‎, سحر کنوخ‎ (sihr kanox)
Bashkir: (black) сихырсы (sixïrsï), (white) тылсымсы (tïlsïmsï)
Belarusian: чараўні́к m (čaraŭník), маг m (mah)
Breton: hudour m
Bulgarian: вълше́бник (bg) m (vǎlšébnik), чароде́й (bg) m (čarodéj), маг (bg) m (mag), магьосник (bg) m (magjosnik), вещер (bg) m (vešter)
Burmese: မျက်လှည့်ဆရာ (my) (myakhlany.hca.ra)
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic m, fetiller (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巫師 (zh), 巫师 (zh) (wūshī), 覡 (zh), 觋 (zh) (xí), 魔術師 (zh), 魔术师 (zh) (móshùshī), 妖人 (zh) (yāorén)
Czech: kouzelník (cs) m
Danish: troldmand c
Dutch: tovenaar (nl) m, magiër (nl) m
Esperanto: iluziisto, sorĉisto
Estonian: maag, võlur (et)
Faroese: gandakallur m
Finnish: taikuri (fi)
French: magicien (fr) m
Galician: meigo m, escoler (gl) m, bruxo m
Georgian: ჯადოქარი (ǯadokari), გრძნეული (grʒneuli)
German: Magier (de) m, Zauberer (de) m, Zaubrer m, Magierin (de) f, Zauberin (de) f, Zaubrerin f
Greek: μάγος (el) m (mágos)
Hebrew: קוסם‎ (he) m (kosem)
Hindi: जादूगर (hi) (jādūgar)
Hungarian: varázsló (hu)
Indonesian: tukang sulap (id), dukun (id)
Irish: draíodóir m, draoi m
Italian: mago (it) m, stregone (it) m
Japanese: 魔法使い (まほうつかい, mahō tsukai), 魔術師 (ja) (まじゅつし, majutsushi)
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (māntrika)
Khmer: មនុស្សចេះឆ (mɔnuh ceh cʰɑɑ)

Korean: 마술사 (ko) (masulsa) (魔術師 (ko))
Lao: ນະເລນ (nāléːn), ຜູ້ວິເສດ (pʰȕː wī sȅːt)
Latgalian: būrs m, būre f, ragaņs m, ragane f
Latin: magus
Latvian: burvis m, burve f, zintnieks m
Lithuanian: magas (lt) m, burtininkas m
Macedonian: магио́ничар m (magióničar)
Manx: druaightagh, fer-obbee
Maori: kaimākutu
Middle English: magicien
Norman: magicien m
North Frisian: Gögeler (Sylt)
Norwegian: magiker m
Ottoman Turkish: سحرباز‎ (sihrbâz)
Persian: جادوگر‎ (fa) (jâdugar), ساحر‎ (fa) (sâher)
Polish: magik (pl) m, czarodziej (pl) m, czarownik (pl) m
Portuguese: mago (pt) m, bruxo (pt) m, mágico (pt) m, feiticeiro (pt) m
Romanian: magician (ro) m, vrăjitor (ro) m
Russian: волше́бник (ru) m (volšébnik), колду́н (ru) m (koldún), маг (ru) m (mag), чароде́й (ru) m (čarodéj)
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мађионичар m, маг m, чаробњак m

Roman: mađioničar (sh) m, mag (sh) m, čarobnjak (sh) m
Slovak: kúzelník m
Slovene: čarovnik (sl) m
Spanish: mago (es) m
Swedish: trollkarl (sv) m, trollkäring (sv) f, trollkona f, trollpacka (sv) f, trollgubbe m
Thai: ผู้วิเศษ (pôo-wí-sàyt)
Turkish: sihirbaz (tr), büyücü (tr)
Ukrainian: чарівни́к m (čarivnýk), маг (uk) m (mah)
Vietnamese: phù thủy (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) magivan (vo), (♂) himagivan, (♀) jimagivan (vo)
Welsh: swynwr m, dewin m
West Frisian: tsjoender c

spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts

Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic m, fetiller (ca) m
Egyptian:

(zꜣw)
Finnish: mystikko (fi)
Galician: meigo m, feiticeiro m
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (māntrika)
Latin: magus, mysticus

Norwegian: trollmann m
Polish: mag (pl) m
Portuguese: feiticeiro (pt) m
Russian: заклина́тель (ru) m (zaklinátelʹ), чароде́й (ru) m (čarodéj)
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Spanish: mago (es) m
West Frisian: tsjoender c

performer of tricks

Armenian: աճպարար (hy) (ačparar)
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic m
Danish: tryllekunstner c, gøgler c
Dutch: goochelaar (nl) m, illusionist (nl) m, magiër (nl) m
Estonian: mustkunstnik, illusionist (et)
Finnish: illusionisti
German: Magier (de) m, Magierin (de) f, Zauberkünstler m, Zauberkünstlerin f, Illusionskünstler m, Illusionskünstlerin f, Gaukler (de) m
Greek: ταχυδακτυλουργός (el) m or f (tachydaktylourgós)
Latin: praestīgiātor m, praestīgiātrix f
Malay: ahli silap mata

Norwegian:
Bokmål: tryllekunstner m

Nynorsk: tryllekunstnar m
Polish: magik (pl) m
Portuguese: mágico (pt) m, ilusionista (pt)
Romanian: magician (ro) m, magiciană (ro) f, iluzionist (ro) m
Russian: фо́кусник (ru) m (fókusnik)
Spanish: mago (es) m
Swedish: magiker (sv) c, trollkonstnär c, trollkarl (sv) m, illusionist (sv) c, taskspelare (sv) c
Thai: นักมายากล (nák-maa-yaa-gon)

amazingly talented craftsman or scientist

Catalan: mag (ca) m
Dutch: tovenaar (nl) m
Finnish: velho (fi)

Portuguese: mago (pt) m, fenômeno (pt) m
Romanian: magician (ro) m
Spanish: fenómeno (es) m

person who astounds, is an enigma

Dutch: goochelaar (nl) m, tovenaar (nl) m, magiër (nl) m

Finnish: ilmiö (fi)

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Balinese: ^{(please verify)} balian
Breton: ^{(please verify)} strobineller (br) m, ^{(please verify)} majisian m, ^{(please verify)} hudour m
French: ^{(please verify)} magicien (fr) m, (1) ^{(please verify)} magicienne (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} sorcier (fr) m
German: ^{(please verify)} Magier (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Zauberer (de) m
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} töframaður m, ^{(please verify)} galdramaður (is) m
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} dukun (id)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} mago (it) m, (1) ^{(please verify)} maga (it) f
Latin: ^{(please verify)} magus m
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 魔术家 (zh) (mó shù jiā)

Old English: ^{(please verify)} wiċċa m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} мађионичар m, ^{(please verify)} чаробњак m, ^{(please verify)} чаробница f

Roman: ^{(please verify)} mađioničar (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} čarobnjak (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} čarobnica (sh) f
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} mađioničar (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} čarobnjak (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} čarobnica (sh) f
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} čarodejník m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} mago (es) m, ^{(please verify)} hechicero (es) m
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఐంద్రజాలికుడు (aindrajālikuḍu), ^{(please verify)} ఇంద్రజాలికుడు (te) (indrajālikuḍu), ^{(please verify)} మంత్రగాడు (te) (mantragāḍu)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French magicien.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.d͡ʒi.t͡ʃiˈan/

Noun

magician m (plural magicieni, feminine equivalent magiciană)

magician
(figuratively) a whizz, magician

Declension

declension of magician

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) magician	magicianul	(niște) magicieni	magicienii
genitive/dative	(unui) magician	magicianului	(unor) magicieni	magicienilor
vocative	magicianule		magicienilor

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magician

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