mirror image

noun

An image that is reversed from left to right, as it would appear if seen in a mirror; a reflection.

Meanings

nounmirror image (plural mirror images)

plural mirror images

  1. An image that is reversed from left to right, as it would appear if seen in a mirror; a reflection.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna likeness in which left and right are reversed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan imatge especular
  • imatge especularreversed image
Chinese Mandarin 鏡像 /镜像
  • 鏡像 /镜像 (jìngxiàng)reversed image
Danish spejlbillede
  • spejlbilledereversed image
Dutch spiegelbeeld, wederbeeld
  • spiegelbeeldreversed image
  • wederbeeldreversed image
Esperanto spegulbildo, spegula bildo
  • spegulbildoreversed image
  • spegula bildoreversed image
Estonian peegelpilt
  • peegelpiltreversed image
Finnish peilikuva
  • peilikuvareversed image
German Spiegelbild
  • Spiegelbildreversed image
Hindi दर्पण चित्र
  • दर्पण चित्र (darpaṇ citra)reversed image
Hungarian tükörkép
  • tükörképreversed image
Icelandic spegilmynd
  • spegilmyndreversed image
Latvian spoguļattēls
  • spoguļattēlsreversed image
Polish odbicie lustrzane
  • odbicie lustrzanereversed image
Russian зерка́льное отраже́ние
  • зерка́льное отраже́ние (zerkálʹnoje otražénije)reversed image
Spanish imagen especular
  • imagen especularreversed image
Swedish spegelbild
  • spegelbildreversed image
Cite this entry
APA

mirror image. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirror%20image

MLA

“mirror image.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirror%20image. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mirror image,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirror%20image.

Source: mirror image on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.