Fata Morgana

See also: fata morgana, fata morgána, fata Morgana, and fatamorgana

English

A Fata Morgana of a cargo ship, showing two images.

Alternative forms

• fata morgana

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

Fata Morgana (plural Fata Morganas)

1. 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.

   Hypernym: mirage

Related terms

• Morgan le Fay

Translations

form of mirage caused by temperature inversion

• Arabic: فَاتَا مُورْغَانَا f (fātā mūrḡānā)
• Bulgarian: фата моргана f (fata morgana)
• Catalan: fata morgana f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複雜蜃景 / 复杂蜃景 (fùzá shènjǐng, fǔzá shènjǐng), 法達摩加納 / 法达摩加纳 (Fǎdá Mójiānà)

• Czech: fata morgána (cs) f
• Danish: fatamorgana n
• Dutch: fata morgana (nl) f
• Esperanto: fatamorgano
• Estonian: fatamorgaana
• Finnish: fata morgana, ilmalinnakangastus
• French: Fata Morgana (fr) f
• German: Fata Morgana (de) f
• Greek: Φάτα Μοργκάνα (el) f (Fáta Morgkána), φάτα μοργκάνα f (fáta morgkána)
• Hebrew: פָאטָה מוֹרְגָּנָה (he) f (Fáta Morgána)
• Hungarian: délibáb (hu)
• Indonesian: fatamorgana (id)
• Italian: fata morgana f, fatamorgana f
• Japanese: 浮島, 浮き島 (うきしま, ukishima), ファタ・モルガーナ (Fata Morugāna)
• Korean: 모르가나 선녀 (Moreugana seonnyeo)
• Latin: fata morgana f
• Macedonian: фатаморгана f (fatamorgana)
• Polish: fatamorgana (pl) f
• Portuguese: fata morgana f or m, Fata Morgana f or m
• Romanian: fata morgana (ro) f
• Russian: фа́та-морга́на (ru) f (fáta-morgána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фатаморга̀на f

  Roman: fatamorgàna (sh) f

• Slovak: fatamorgána f
• Slovene: fatamorgana f
• Spanish: Fata Morgana f, fatamorgana f
• Swedish: fata morgana (sv) c
• Tamil: ஃபேடே மார்கனே (fēṭē mārkaṉē)
• Ukrainian: фа́та-морга́на f (fáta-morhána)
• Uzbek: Morgana sarobi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fata morgana

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tɐ moʁˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/ [ˈfa.tɐ moɦˈɡɐ̃.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tɐ moʁˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/ [ˈfa.tɐ moɦˈɡɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tɐ moɾˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tɐ moʁˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ta moɻˈɡɐ.na/

Noun

Fata Morgana f or (less common) m (uncountable)

1. Fata Morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)

   Hypernym: miragem