An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God: "Miracles are spontaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves"(Katherine Anne Porter).
One that excites admiring awe. See Synonyms at wonder.
A miracle play.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mīrāculum, from mīrārī, to wonder at, from mīrus, wonderful; see smei- in Indo-European roots.]
1137, from O.Fr. miracle, from L. miraculum "object of wonder" (in Church L., "marvelous event caused by God"), from mirari "to wonder at," from mirus "wonderful," from *smeiros, from PIE *(s)mei- "to smile, be astonished" (cf. Skt. smerah "smiling," Gk. meidan "to smile," O.C.S. smejo "to laugh;" see smile). Replaced O.E. wundortacen, wundorweorc. The Gk. words rendered as miracle in the Eng. Bibles were semeion "sign," teras "wonder," and dynamis "power," in Vulgate translated respectively as signum, prodigium, and virtus. First record of miraculous is from 1502.
something which man is not normally capable of making happen and which is therefore thought to be done by a god or God Example: Christ's turning of water into wine was a miracle.
Arabic:
أعجوبَه، مُعْجِزَه
Chinese (Simplified):
奇迹
Chinese (Traditional):
奇迹
Czech:
zázrak
Danish:
mirakel; under
Dutch:
wonder
Estonian:
imetegu
Finnish:
ihmeteko
French:
miracle
German:
das Wunder
Greek:
θαύμα
Hungarian:
csoda
Icelandic:
kraftaverk
Indonesian:
mukjizat
Italian:
miracolo
Japanese:
奇跡
Korean:
기적
Latvian:
brīnums
Lithuanian:
stebuklas, nepaprastas įvykis
Norwegian:
under(verk), mirakel
Polish:
cud
Portuguese (Brazil):
milagre
Portuguese (Portugal):
milagre
Romanian:
miracol
Russian:
чудо
Slovak:
zázrak
Slovenian:
čudež
Spanish:
milagro
Swedish:
mirakel, under
Turkish:
mucize
miracle2[ˈmirəkl]noun
a fortunate happening that has no obvious natural cause or explanation Example: It's a miracle he wasn't killed in the plane crash.
Mar"vel\, n. [OE. mervaile, F. merveille, fr. L. mirabilia wonderful things, pl., fr. mirabilis wonderful, fr. mirari to wonder or marvel at. See Admire, Smile, and cf. Miracle.]1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle. I will do marvels such as have not been done. --Ex. xxxiv. 10. Nature's sweet marvel undefiled. --Emerson. 2. Wonder. [R.] "Use lessens marvel." --Sir W. Scott. Marvel of Peru. (Bot.) See Four-o'clock.
Mir"a*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See Marvel, and cf. Mirror.]1. A wonder or wonderful thing. That miracle and queen of genus. --Shak. 2. Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed. They considered not the miracle of the loaves. --Mark vi. 52. 3. A miracle play. 4. A story or legend abounding in miracles. [Obs.] When said was all this miracle. --Chaucer. Miracle monger, an impostor who pretends to work miracles. Miracle play, one of the old dramatic entertainments founded on legends of saints and martyrs or (see 2d Mystery, 2) on events related in the Bible.
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