marvelous

English

Alternative forms

(UK) marvellous

Etymology

From Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from Latin mīrābilis, From Vulgar Latin mīrāre (to admire, stare, look at) + -ābilis (able, worthy of being).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹvələs/
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Adjective

marvelous (comparative more marvelous, superlative most marvelous)

(American spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
I went to a marvelous party last week.

Translations

exciting wonder or surprise

Arabic: مُدْهِش‎ (mudhiš), بَدِيع‎ (badīʿ)
Asturian: maraviyosu
Belarusian: дзіво́сны (dzivósny)
Bengali: অলৌকিক (bn) (ôlôukik),অবিশ্বাস্য (bn) (ôbiśasjô), বিস্ময়কর (bismôykôr), অদ্ভুত (bn) (ôdbhut)
Catalan: meravellós (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奇妙的 (qímiàode), 非凡的
Czech: úžasný (cs) m, udivující, obdivuhodný m
Dutch: wonderbaar (nl)
Finnish: ihmeellinen (fi), ihana (fi), uskomaton (fi)
French: merveilleux (fr) m, merveilleuse (fr) f
Galician: marabilloso
German: wunderbar (de), wundersam (de)
Greek:
Ancient: θαυμάσιος (thaumásios)
Hebrew: נהדר‎ m (nehedár), מדהים‎ m (madhím)

Hungarian: csodálatos (hu)
Icelandic: undursamlegur (is), stórkostlegur (is), undraverður
Interlingua: meraviliose
Italian: meraviglioso (it)
Japanese: 驚くべき (おどろくべき, odorokubeki)
Korean: 놀라운 (nollaun)
Latin: mīrus (la), mirabilis
Maori: whakamīharo, whakaharahara
Polish: cudowny (pl) m, zdumiewający (pl) m, cudny (pl) m
Portuguese: maravilhoso (pt)
Russian: изуми́тельный (ru) (izumítelʹnyj), чуде́сный (ru) (čudésnyj), удиви́тельный (ru) (udivítelʹnyj), великоле́пный (ru) (velikolépnyj), превосхо́дный (ru) (prevosxódnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: mìorbhaileach
Spanish: maravilloso (es)
Swedish: underbar (sv)
Telugu: అద్భుతమైన (te) (adbhutamaina)
Turkish: harika (tr), olağanüstü (tr)

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