fata morgana

See also: fata morgána, fata Morgana, Fata Morgana, and fatamorgana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

fata morgana (plural fata morganas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Fata Morgana.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate, published 2010, page 290:

     On the other side of the electric fence, the fata morgana shimmers.

Italian

Noun

fata morgana f (plural fate morgane)

1. Alternative spelling of fatamorgana

Latin

Alternative forms

• fāta Mōrgāna

Etymology

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Pronunciation

fāta mōrgāna

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.ta moːrˈɡaː.na/, [ˈfäːt̪ä moːrˈɡäːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ta morˈɡa.na/, [ˈfäːt̪ä morˈɡäːnä]

fātā mōrgānā

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.taː moːrˈɡaː.naː/, [ˈfäːt̪äː moːrˈɡäːnäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ta morˈɡa.na/, [ˈfäːt̪ä morˈɡäːnä]

Noun

fāta mōrgāna f sg (genitive fātae mōrgānae); first declension

1. Fata Morgana

Declension

First-declension noun with a first-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	fāta mōrgāna
genitive	fātae mōrgānae
dative	fātae mōrgānae
accusative	fātam mōrgānam
ablative	fātā mōrgānā
vocative	fāta mōrgāna

Portuguese

Noun

fata morgana f or (less common) m (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Fata Morgana