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English
Etymology
From Middle English sorcery, borrowed from Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō, seriēs, sermō. Compare also French sorcier.
Pronunciation
Noun
sorcery (countable and uncountable, plural sorceries)
- Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
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Translations
magical power
- Akkadian: 𒆠𒅖𒁍 m pl (kišpū)
- Arabic: سِحْر (ar) m (siḥr)
- Egyptian Arabic: سحر (siḥr)
- Armenian: կախարդություն (hy) (kaxardutʻyun)
- Bulgarian: вълшебство (bg) n (vǎlšebstvo), магьосничество n (magjosničestvo)
- Burmese: ပယောဂ (my) (pa.yau:ga.)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 妖術／妖术 (zh) (yāoshù), 巫術／巫术 (zh) (wūshù), 魔術／魔术 (zh) (móshù), 魔法 (zh) (mófǎ),魔力 (zh) (mólì)
- Danish: trolddom c, hekseri c, magi (da) c, heksekunst c
- Dutch: tovenarij (nl) f, hekserij (nl) f, wichelarij (nl) f
- Egyptian: (ḥkꜣ m)
- Esperanto: sorĉado
- Ewe: dzosasa
- Finnish: noituus (fi), noitavoima
- French: sorcellerie (fr) f
- Galician: magacía f, meiguería (gl) f, feiticeiría f, xorxinería f, bruxeiría f, bruxaría (gl) f, bruxedo m
- German: Zauberei (de) f, Hexerei (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 f (lubjaleisei)
- Greek:
- Ancient: μαγεία f (mageía), γοητεία f (goēteía)
- Ingrian: noijitus, noijitos
- Irish: draíocht f, asarlaíocht f
- Italian: stregoneria (it) f
- Japanese: 魔術 (ja) (まじゅつ, majutsu), 巫術 (ふじゅつ, fujutsu), 魔法 (ja) (まほう, mahō)
- Korean: 마법(魔法) (ko) (mabeop), 요술(妖術) (ko) (yosul)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: سیحربازی (sîḧirbazî)
- Latin: magia (la), veneficium n, magice, artes magicae f pl, artes magae f pl, (harmful) maleficium
- Maori: mākutu, whaiwhaiā
- Middle Persian: (yʾtwkyh /jādūgīh/)
- Ngarrindjeri: ngadhungi
- Norman: chorchell'lie f
- Norwegian: trolldom m
- Old English: drȳcræft m
- Persian: جادو (fa) (jâdu), فرهست (fa) (farhast)
- Plautdietsch: Hakjsarie n, Hakjsenkonst f, Zaubarie f
- Polish: czary (pl), czarnoksięstwo (pl) n, czarna magia (pl) f, magia (pl) f
- Portuguese: feitiçaria (pt) f, bruxaria (pt), bruxedo m, magia (pt) f, mágica (pt) f
- Russian: колдовство́ (ru) n (koldovstvó), волшебство́ (ru) n (volšebstvó), ча́ры (ru) f pl (čáry), ма́гия (ru) f (mágija), ворожба́ (ru) f (vorožbá), чароде́йство (ru) n (čarodéjstvo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: врачарство n, врачање n, врачарија f, враџбина f
- Roman: vračarstvo n, vračanje (sh) n, vračarija (sh) f, vradžbina (sh) f
- Spanish: brujería (es) f, magia (es) f
- Swedish: trolldom (sv) c
- Tibetan: མཐུ (mthu)
- Turkish: büyü (tr), yada (tr), efsun (tr), sihir (tr)
- Vietnamese: yêu thuật (vi) (妖術), ma thuật (vi) (魔術)
- Welsh: dewiniaeth f
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle French sorcerie, from Old French sorcerie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔrsəˈriː(ə)/, /sɔrsəˈreː(ə)/
- (with /rs/→/s/) IPA(key): /sɔsəˈriː(ə)/, /sɔsəˈreː(ə)/
Noun
sorcery (plural sorceries)
- sorcery, wizardry, magic
- A supernatural event
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