Meanings
fata morgana1
nounfata morgana (plural fata morganas)
plural fata morganas
- Alternative letter-case form of Fata Morgana.
On the other side of the electric fence, the fata morgana shimmers.
2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate, published 2010, page 290
Fata Morgana2
nounFata Morgana (plural Fata Morganas)
plural Fata Morganas · alternative fata morgana
- A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina.
A mirage, or fata morgana, was lately witnessed at Stralsund, in Pomerania.
1846, editorial staff, “A City in the Air”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 101
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
fata morgana · noun
- Italianfata Morgana“Morgan le Fay”
- Englishfata morgana
Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Fata Morgana · noun
- Italianfata Morgana“Morgan le Fay”
- EnglishFata Morgana
Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فَاتَا مُورْغَانَا
- فَاتَا مُورْغَانَا (fātā mūrḡānā)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Bulgarian фата моргана
- фата моргана (fata morgana)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Catalan fata morgana
- fata morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Chinese Mandarin 複雜蜃景 /复杂蜃景, 法達摩加納 /法达摩加纳
- 複雜蜃景 /复杂蜃景 (fùzá shènjǐng, fǔzá shènjǐng)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- 法達摩加納 /法达摩加纳 (Fǎdá Mójiānà)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Czech fata morgána
- fata morgánaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Danish fatamorgana
- fatamorganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Dutch fata morgana
- fata morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Esperanto fatamorgano
- fatamorganoform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Estonian fatamorgaana
- fatamorgaanaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Finnish fata morgana, ilmalinnakangastus
- fata morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- ilmalinnakangastusform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
French Fata Morgana
- Fata Morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
German Fata Morgana
- Fata Morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Greek Φάτα Μοργκάνα, φάτα μοργκάνα
- Φάτα Μοργκάνα (Fáta Morgkána)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- φάτα μοργκάνα (fáta morgkána)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Hebrew פָאטָה מוֹרְגָּנָה
- פָאטָה מוֹרְגָּנָה (Fáta Morgána)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Hungarian délibáb
- délibábform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Indonesian bayangan maya, fatamorgana
- bayangan mayaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- fatamorganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- kemendangform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Italian fata morgana, fatamorgana
- fata morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- fatamorganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Japanese 浮島, 浮き島
- 浮島form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- 浮き島 (ukishima)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- ファタ・モルガーナ (Fata Morugāna)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Korean 모르가나 선녀
- 모르가나 선녀 (Moreugana seonnyeo)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Latin fata morgana
- fata morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Malay logamaya
- logamayaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Polish fatamorgana
- fatamorganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Portuguese fata morgana, Fata Morgana
- fata morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- Fata Morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Romanian fata morgana
- fata morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Russian фа́та-морга́на
- фа́та-морга́на (fáta-morgána)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Slovak fatamorgána
- fatamorgánaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Spanish Fata Morgana, fatamorgana
- Fata Morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
- fatamorganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Swedish fata morgana
- fata morganaform of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Tamil ஃபேடே மார்கனே
- ஃபேடே மார்கனே (fēṭē mārkaṉē)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Ukrainian фа́та-морга́на
- фа́та-морга́на (fáta-morhána)form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fata morgana
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