Fata Morgana

fata morgana fata morgána fata Morgana fatamorgana English + (mirage) thumb|A Fata Morgana of a cargo ship, showing two images. Alternative forms en fata morgana fatamorgana Etymology Borrowed from en it fata Morgana Morgan le Fay, from it fata fairy + it Morgana Morgan. Pronunciation en /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/ UK en /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Fata Morgana.wav US en ɑːnə 5 Noun 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. en mirage en 1846 editorial staff A City in the Air Scientific American series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 101 A mirage, or fata morgana, was lately witnessed at Stralsund, in Pomerania. Related terms en Morgan le Fay Translations form of mirage caused by temperature inversion Arabic: ar فَاتَا مُورْغَانَا f Bulgarian: bg фата моргана f Catalan: ca fata morgana f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 複雜蜃景 fùzá shènjǐng, fǔzá shènjǐng, cmn 法達摩加納 Fǎdá Mójiānà Czech: cs fata morgána f Danish: da fatamorgana n Dutch: nl fata morgana f Esperanto: eo fatamorgano Estonian: et fatamorgaana Finnish: fi fata morgana, fi ilmalinnakangastus French: fr Fata Morgana f German: de Fata Morgana f Greek: el Φάτα Μοργκάνα f, el φάτα μοργκάνα f Hebrew: he פָאטָה מוֹרְגָּנָה f Fáta Morgána Hungarian: hu délibáb Indonesian: id bayangan maya illusionary shadow, id fatamorgana, id kemendang Italian: it fata morgana f, it fatamorgana f Japanese: ja 浮島, ja 浮き島 うきしま, ukishima, ja ファタ・モルガーナ Fata Morugāna Korean: ko ^모르가나 선녀 Latin: la fata morgana f Macedonian: mk фатаморгана f Malay: ms logamaya illusionary place Polish: pl fatamorgana f Portuguese: pt fata morgana f m, pt Fata Morgana f m Romanian: ro fata morgana f Russian: ru фа́та-морга́на f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh фатаморга̀на f Latin: sh fatamorgàna f Slovak: sk fatamorgána f Slovene: sl fatamorgana f Spanish: es Fata Morgana f, es fatamorgana f Swedish: sv fata morgana c Tamil: ta ஃபேடே மார்கனே Ukrainian: uk фа́та-морга́на f Uzbek: uz Morgana sarobi en eponyms en Optics German Alternative forms de Fatamorgana nonstandard but common Etymology de ar grc Ca. 1800, from de it fata Morgana, which see. The underlying fictional character of Morgan le Fay was already known in gmh - as gmh Feimurgān. The spelling as two unconnected nouns is somewhat unusual, but may be due to the derivation from a proper noun. Pronunciation de /ˌfa(ː)ta mɔʁˈɡaːna/ de De-Fata_Morgana.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f,s:Fata Morganen mirage de Luftspiegelung Usage notes In German, the term is not particularly associated with the sea, but refers to any mirage including those of the desert. Declension f,s:Fata Morganen Portuguese pt: Alternative forms pt fata morgana Etymology Borrowed from pt it fata Morgana Morgan le Fay, from it fata fairy + it Morgana Morgan. Pronunciation + Noun f,m<q:less common> - Fata Morgana en Fata Morgana form of mirage caused by temperature inversion pt miragem pt Optics