Meaning

4 senses
  1. Any word that has a magical effect when uttered.

    Zauberspruch, Zauberwort, Zauberformel

    волше́бное сло́воvolšébnoje slóvo, заклина́ниеzaklinánije

  2. One of the words please, thank you, or hello.

    If you learn to use magic words when you are little, it would be easy in your adulthood.

    What's the magic word?

    Zauberwort

    волше́бное сло́воvolšébnoje slóvo

  3. (broadly)Any word that is considered very significant in a certain situation or context.

    When someone offers you drugs, the magic word is no.

  4. A string of text having some special function or purpose.

    One of the magic words used in the MediaWiki software is __NOTOC__, which hides the table of contents that would normally be on the page.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. You didn't say the magic word.

    ruТы не сказал волшебного слова. — marafon

    deDu hast das Zauberwort vergessen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. What's the magic word?

    ruА волшебное слово? — odexed

  3. I didn't hear the magic word.

  4. Someone has to say the magic word.

  5. The magic of his words attracted the audience.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: magic words
Singularmagic word
Pluralmagic words

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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