fatamorgana

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

• IPA^(key): /fatamɔrɡaːna/, [fatˢamɒˈɡ̊æːna]

fatamorgana n (singular definite fatamorganaet, plural indefinite fatamorganaer)

1. fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)

   Hypernym: luftspejling

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

• IPA^(key): /fatamɔrˈɡana/
• Rhymes: -na, -a
• Hyphenation: fa‧ta‧mor‧ga‧na

fatamorgana (plural fatamorgana-fatamorgana)

1. mirage: An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water
   1. (specifically) Fata Morgana: A form of mirage caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, especially one seen in the Strait of Messina
2. (figuratively) fantasy

• لوݢاماي (logamaya) (“mirage”) (Standard Malay)

• “fatamorgana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• fata morgana

From fata (“fairy”) +‎ Morgana (“Morgan”), named after fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌfa.ta.morˈɡa.na/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: fa‧ta‧mor‧gà‧na

fatamorgana f (plural fatemorgane)

1. fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)

   Hypernym: miraggio

• Danish: fatamorgana

Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana.

• IPA^(key): /fa.ta.mɔrˈɡa.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: fa‧ta‧mor‧ga‧na

fatamorgana f

1. illusion, mirage
2. (optics) Fata Morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)

   Synonym: miraż

• fatamorgana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fatamorgana in Polish dictionaries at PWN