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Alternative forms

mirrour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy."

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪɹ.ə/
- Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɹ.ɚ/, /ˈmɪɹ.ɚ/, /ˈmɪɹ/
- Audio (California): (file)
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈməɹ.a/
Homophone: mere (some accents)
Rhymes: -ɪɹə(ɹ), -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪəɹə(ɹ)

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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  O goddess, heavenly bright,
  Mirror of grace and majesty divine.
(computing, Internet) A disk, website or other resource that contains replicated data.
Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.
A mirror carp.
(historical) A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.

Synonyms

(reflecting surface): glass (old-fashioned), looking-glass (old-fashioned)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from mirror (noun)

Translations

smooth reflecting surface

Abaza: гӏвыга (ʻʷəga)
Abenaki: ^{(please verify)} pipinaojakwôgan
Abkhaz: асаркьа (asarkʲʼa)
Adyghe: гъунджэ (ğʷundžɛ), гъуджэ (ğʷudžɛ)
Afrikaans: spieël
Aghwan: 𐕘𐕒𐕡𐕎 (ġun)
Akkadian: 𒃻𒋗𒌓𒅗𒁇 (mušālu)
Aklanon: saeaming
Alabama: aayanchahka istililhicha, aayanchahka
Albanian: pasqyrë (sq) f, shofkë (sq) f
Amharic: መስታዎት (mästawot)
Arabic: مِرْآة (ar) f (mirʔāh)
Egyptian Arabic: مراية f (mirāya)

Hijazi Arabic: مِرَايَة f (mirāya)

Moroccan Arabic: مراية f (mrāya)
Aragonese: mirallo m
Armenian: հայելի (hy) (hayeli)
Assamese: দাপোণ n (dapün), আইনা n (aina)
Asturian: espeyu (ast) m
Atong (India): aina
Avar: матӏу (matʼu)
Aymara: lirpu
Azerbaijani: güzgü (az)
Baluchi: آدینک (adí̃k)
Banjarese: caramin (bjn)
Bashkir: көҙгө (köźgö)
Basque: ispilu
Belarusian: люстэ́рка (be) n (ljustérka), лю́стра n (ljústra), зярца́ла n (zjarcála) (archaic or ecclesiastic)
Bengali: আয়না (bn) (aẏna), আরশি (bn) (arśi), দর্পণ (bn) (dorpon)
Bikol Central: salming (bcl)
Bislama: mira
Breton: melezour (br) m, milouer m
Brunei Malay: caramin
Bulgarian: огледа́ло (bg) n (ogledálo)
Burmese: ကြေးမုံ (my) (kre:mum), မှန် (my) (hman)
Buryat: гэрэл (gerel)
Carpathian Rusyn: зеркало n (zerkalo)
Catalan: mirall (ca) m, espill (ca) m
Cebuano: samin
Chamorro: espehos
Chayuco Mixtec: ino
Chechen: куьзга (küzga)
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎨᏗ (adagedi), ᏓᏎᏘ (daseti)
Cheyenne: amôhóomâhtsestôtse
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鏡 / 镜 (geng³)

Dungan: җинзы (žinzɨ)

Eastern Min: 鏡 / 镜 (giáng)

Gan: 鏡子 / 镜子 (jiang⁴ zi)

Hakka: 鏡仔 / 镜仔 (kiang-é)

Hokkien: 鏡 / 镜 (kiàⁿ)

Jin: 鏡子 / 镜子 (jing³ zeh)

Mandarin: 鏡子 / 镜子 (zh) (jìngzi), 鑒 / 鉴 (zh) (jiàn) (bronze mirror)

Northern Min: 鏡 / 镜 (gia̿ng)

Wu: 鏡子 / 镜子 (⁵cin-tsy)

Xiang: 鏡子 / 镜子 (jin⁴ zr)
Chukchi: виилгитэнэӈ (viilgitėnėṇ)
Chuvash: тӗкӗр (tĕk̬ĕr)
Classical Syriac: ܡܚܙܝܬܐ f (maḥzīṯā)
Cornish: mirour m
Corsican: spechju m, specchiu m
Cree: ᐘᐱᒧᐣ (wapimon), ᐚᐸᒧᐣ (waapamon)
Crimean Tatar: küzgü
Czech: zrcadlo (cs) n, zrcátko (cs) n
Danish: spejl (da) n
Daur: jinzi
Dhivehi: މޫނުބަލާ ލޯގަނޑު (mūnubalā lōgaⁿḍu), ލޯގަނޑު (lōgaⁿḍu)
Dutch: spiegel (nl)
East Yugur: tooli
Emilian: spèc' m (Bolognese)
Erzya: чавачамо (čavačamo), чамавачамо (čamavačamo), чамаванома (čamavanoma)
Esperanto: spegulo (eo)
Estonian: peegel (et)
Even: кёйэлчидивун (kjojəlciʒiwun)
Evenki: ханячӯвка̄ (haņaçūwkā)
Extremaduran: ehpehu m
Fala: espellu, ispellu
Faroese: spegil m
Finnish: peili (fi), kuvastin (fi) (dated)
French: glace (fr) f, miroir (fr) m
Friulian: spieli m
Fula:
Adlam: 𞤲𞥋𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤮𞤪𞤺𞤢𞤤, 𞤼𞤭𞤲𞤼𞤮𞤪𞤺𞤢𞤤

Latin: ndaarorgal, tintorgal
Gagauz: ayna
Galician: espello (gl) m
Georgian: სარკე (sarḳe)
German: Spiegel (de) m
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 m (skuggwa)
Greek: καθρέφτης (el) m (kathréftis)
Ancient: κάτοπτρον n (kátoptron), εἴσοπτρον n (eísoptron)
Greenlandic: tarrarsuut
Guaraní: itagecha
Gujarati: દર્પણ n (darpaṇ), અરીસો m (arīso)
Haitian Creole: miwa, glas
Hausa: madubi (ha), boka, matsokaci
Hawaiian: aniani
Hebrew: מַרְאָה (he) f (mar'á), רְאִי (he) m (re'í)
Hindi: दर्पण (hi) m (darpaṇ), शीशा (hi) m (śīśā), आईना (hi) m (āīnā), आरसी (hi) f (ārsī)
Hungarian: tükör (hu)
Hupdë: mɔyə̌k
Iban: cheremin
Icelandic: spegill (is) m
Ido: spegulo (io)
Igbo: enyo (ig)
Ilocano: sarming
Indonesian: cermin (id)
Ingrian: speili
Ingush: кизга (kizga)
Interlingua: spéculo
Inuktitut: ᑕᖅᕋᑑᑎ (taqratooti)
Inupiaq: taġġaqtuun
Irish: scáthán (ga) m
Italian: specchio (it) m
Japanese: 鏡 (ja) (かがみ, kagami), 姿見 (すがたみ, sugatami) (large and long one)
Javanese: ꦥꦼꦔꦶꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (jv) (pengilon)
Jurchen:  (*bunə-ku)
Kabyle: ⵜⴰⵎⵔⴰⵢⵜ (tamrayt)
Kalmyk: толь (tolʹ)
Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡಿ (kn) (kannaḍi)
Karachay-Balkar: кюзгю (küzgü)
Karelian: zirkalo
Kashubian: zdrzadło n, zwiercadło n, szpédżel m
Kazakh: айна (aina)
Arabic: اينا
Khakas: кӧріндес
Khmer: កញ្ចក់ (km) (kɑñcɑk)
Komi-Zyrian: видзӧдчан (vidźödćan), рӧмпӧштан (römpöštan)
Kongo: talatala
Konkani: कान्नडि (kānnaḍi)
Korean: 거울 (ko) (geoul)
Kumyk: гюзгю (güzgü)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاوێنە (awêne)

Northern Kurdish: neynik (ku), awêne (ku), eyne (ku)
Kyrgyz: күзгү (ky) (küzgü)
Ladin: spidl
Lao: ແວ່ນ (lo) (wǣn), ກະຈົກ (lo) (ka chok) (rare)
Latin: speculum (la) n
Latvian: spogulis (lv) m
Laz: ჲალი (yali)
Lezgi: гуьзгуь (güzgü)
Ligurian: spêgio m
Limburgish: spegel (li) m, sjpegel m
Lingala: talatála
Lithuanian: veidrodis (lt) m
Lombard: spècc m, spèc m
Louisiana Creole French: mirwar
Low German: Spegel m
Lü: ᦶᦞᧃᧈ (vaen¹), ᦶᦞᧃᧈᦶᦍᧂ (vaen¹yaeng)
Luxembourgish: Spigel m
Macedonian: огледало (mk) n (ogledalo), ѕрцало n (dzrcalo) (archaic or dialectal)
Maguindanao: sermin
Malagasy: fitaratra (mg)
Malay: cermin (ms)
Malayalam: കണ്ണാടി (ml) (kaṇṇāṭi)
Maltese: mera f
Manchu: ᠪᡠᠯᡝᡴᡠ (buleku)
Manx: scaane
Maori: karaehe (mi), karaihe
Mapudungun: komütuwe
Marathi: आरसा (ārsā)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: воштончыш (voštončyš), тӹгыр (tÿgyr)
Middle Korean: 거우〮루 (kè(G)wúlwù)
Mirandese: speilho m
Moksha: ва́нома (vánoma)
Mongghul: xal
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: толь (mn) (tolʹ)

Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠯᠢ (toli)
Nahuatl: tezcatl (nah)
Neapolitan: specchio m
Nepali: ऐना (ne) (ainā)
Nganasan: хорә ӈәтәубса (horĕ ngĕtĕubsa)
Nogai: бияла (biyala)
Norman: mitheux m
North Frisian: späägel
Northern Sami: speadjal, speajal
Northern Sotho: seipônê
Norwegian:
Bokmål: speil (no) n

Nynorsk: spegel m, skuggsjå n
Occitan: miralh (oc) m, espelh m
Odia: ଆଇନା (āinā)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: зрьцало n (zrĭcalo)
Old English: sċēawere m
Old Ruthenian: зеркало n (zerkalo)
Ossetian: айдӕн (ajdæn), кӕсӕн (kæsæn)
Ottawa: waawaabmowin
Ottoman Turkish: گوزگی (gözgü), آینه (ayna), مرآت (mirʾat)
Pannonian Rusyn: жвератко n (žveratko)
Papiamentu: spil
Pashto: اينداره (eindara), هنداره (hendara), آينه (ps) f (āyna), کيښه f (kix̌a)
Persian:
Dari: آیِینَه (āyīna), آبْگِینَه (ābgīna), مِرْآت (mir'āt)

Iranian Persian: آیینِه (âyine), آبْگینِه (âbgine), مِرْآت (mer'ât)
Piedmontese: miraj, specc
Plautdietsch: Spieejel m
Polabian: zarḱódlü n
Polish: lustro (pl) n, zwierciadło (pl) n
Portuguese: espelho (pt) m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ੀਸ਼ਾ (pa) m (śīśā), ਦਰਪਣ m (darpaṇ), ਆਈਨਾ (pa) m (āīnā)
Quechua: rirpu
Rohingya: aina, ana
Romanian: oglindă (ro) f
Romansch: spievel m, spieghel m, spejel m
Russian: зе́ркало (ru) n (zérkalo), зерца́ло (ru) n (zercálo) (archaic or ecclesiastic)
Rwanda-Rundi: indorerwamo class 9/10 (Rwanda); ikiyo, icirori (Rundi)
Sami:
Kildin: зе̄ркал (zierkal)

Kola: зеркал, кыффкэмкāррь

Northern: speadjal
Samoan: ^{(please verify)} aisa, ^{(please verify)} fāʻata
Samogitian: zelkorios
Sango: tatala
Sanskrit: दर्पण (sa) m (darpaṇa)
Santali: ᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ (ărsi)
Sardinian: ipíciu m
Campidanese: sprigu m

Logudorese: ispregu m, isprigu m

Nuorese: isprecu m, ispricu m
Scots: seein-gless, mirrour
Scottish Gaelic: sgàthan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: оглѐдало n, зр̀цало n

Roman: oglèdalo (sh) n, zr̀calo (sh) n
Shan: ၸမ်ႈ (shn) (tsām)
Sherpa: गेलुङ (gelung)
Shona: chiringiro
Shor: кӱзеген (küzegen)
Shuswap: ts̓exmín
Sicilian: specchiu (scn) m
Silesian: zdřaduo n, špigel m
Sinhalese: ආදාසය (ādāsaya)
Slovak: zrkadlo n, zrkadielko n
Slovene: ogledalo (sl) n, zrcálo n
Somali: muraayad f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: glědałko n, glědałcycko n

Upper Sorbian: špihel m
Sotho: seipone (st)
Southern Altai: кӱскӱ (küskü), кӧрӱнгӱш (körüngüš), кӧрнӧш (körnöš)
Southern Pomo: huʔ:uy ča:duč̓i:ya:liwi
Southern Sami: guelmiedahke
Spanish: espejo (es) m
Sranan Tongo: spikri
Swahili: kioo (sw) class 7
Swedish: spegel (sv)
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tabaru: kasinaa
Tabasaran: гюзги (gjuzgi)
Tagalog: salamin espeho, panganinuhan, salamin
Tahitian: hiʻo
Tajik: оина (tg) (oyina), обгина (obgina), миръот (mirʾot)
Tamil: கண்ணாடி (ta) (kaṇṇāṭi), ஆடி (ta) (āṭi)
Tarifit: tisit f
Tat: гузги
Tatar: көзге (tt) (közge)
Telugu: అద్దము (te) (addamu), అద్దం (te) (addaṁ)
Ternate: kasna
Thai: กระจก (th) (grà-jòk), กระจกเงา (th) (grà-jòk-ngao)
Tibetan: ཤེས་སྒོ (shes sgo), མེ་ལོང (me long), མཐོང་ཤེལ (mthong shel), གདོང་ཤེལ (gdong shel), ཤེལ་ཀོ (shel ko)
Tidore: kasna
Tigrinya: መስትያት (mästəyat)
Tocharian B: tapākye
Tundra Nenets: сядобэрць’ (syadobercʹ’), сядобэрць’н (syadobercʹ’n°)
Turkish: ayna (tr), gözgü (tr)(archaic), mirat (tr) (obsolete)
Turkmen: aýna (tk)
Tuvan: көрүнчүк (körünçük)
Udmurt: синучкон (śinućkon), зеркал (źerkal)
Ukrainian: дзе́ркало (uk) n (dzérkalo), зерца́ло n (zercálo) (ecclesiastic)
Urdu: آئِینَہ (ur) m (āīna), شِیشَہ m (śīśa), دَرْپَن m (darpan), مِرآت m (mir'āt), آبْگِینَہ (ur) m (ābgīna)
Uyghur: كۆزگۈ (közgü), ئەينەك (ug) (eynek)
Uzbek: koʻzgu (uz), oyna (uz)
Venetan: spècio m
Veps: zerkol
Vietnamese: gương (vi), kiếng (vi), kính (vi)
Vilamovian: śpigel m
Volapük: lok (vo), (diminutive) lokil
Võro: piigli, var'okaehtus
Votic: špeili
Walloon: muroe (wa) m, glaece (wa) f
Waray-Waray: espeho
Welsh: drych (cy) m
West Frisian: spegel
White Hmong: tsom iav
Wolof: seetu (wo)
Xhosa: isipili
Yagnobi: оҳина (ohina)
Yakut: сиэркилэ (sierkile)
Yiddish: שפּיגל m (shpigl)
Yoruba: díngí
Yucatec Maya: néen
Yurok: chpeesher'erhl
Zhuang: gingq
Zulu: isibuko class 7/8

computing: exact copy of a data set

Catalan: còpia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鏡像 / 镜像 (zh) (jìngxiàng)
Esperanto: spegulo (eo)
Finnish: peili (fi), peilikopio, kopio (fi)
French: copie (fr) f
German: Kopie (de) f
Greek: αναπαράσταση (el) f (anaparástasi), αντίγραφο (el) n (antígrafo)
Hungarian: tükrözés (hu)
Italian: copia speculare f
Luxembourgish: Kopie f
Macedonian: дуплика́т m (duplikát)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: speil (no) n

Nynorsk: spegel m
Portuguese: cópia (pt) f
Russian: дублика́т (ru) m (dublikát), ко́пия (ru) f (kópija)
Thai: กระจก (th) (grà-jòk)

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 he even went to live in Graceland.
(computing, transitive) To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
(transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

Translations

of an event, activity, behaviour; to be identical to, be a copy of, to reflect

Bulgarian: отразявам (bg) (otrazjavam)
Catalan: duplicar (ca), copiar (ca)
Finnish: kuvastaa (fi)
Hungarian: utánoz (hu)
Icelandic: spegla
Macedonian: одразува (odrazuva), отсликува (otslikuva)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: speile (no)
Portuguese: espelhar (pt)
Turkish: taklit etmek (tr), kopyalamak (tr), yansıtmak (tr) (figurative)

(computing) to create something identical to (a web site, etc.)

Hungarian: tükröz (hu)

to reflect, as in a mirror

Bulgarian: отразявам се (otrazjavam se)
French: refléter (fr)
Hungarian: tükröz (hu)
Portuguese: espelhar (pt)
Telugu: దర్పణంపట్టు (darpaṇampaṭṭu)
Ukrainian: віддзерка́лювати impf (viddzerkáljuvaty), віддзерка́лити pf (viddzerkályty)

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