mirage
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
mirage (plural mirages)
- An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, giving the appearance of there being refuge in the distance.
- Hypernyms: optical illusion
- hypo en
- (figuratively) An illusion.
- French: mirage
- German: Luftspiegelung, Fata Morgana
- Italian: miraggio
- Portuguese: miragem
- Russian: мира́ж
- Spanish: espejismo
mirage (mirages, present participle miraging; past and past participle miraged)
- (transitive) To cause to appear as or like a mirage.
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