Meaning

5 senses
  1. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.

    I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.

    He broke the mirror with the pickaxe.

    Spiegel

    зе́ркалоzérkalo, зерца́лоzercálo

    дзе́ркалоdzérkalo, зерца́лоzercálo

  2. (figuratively)An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.

    His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.

  3. (Internet)A website or server that contains replicated data from another site.

    Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.

    Kopie

    дублика́тdublikát, ко́пияkópija

  4. A mirror carp.

  5. (historical)An ethical-didactic treatise that details exemplary conduct through models, advising kings, princes, clergy, etc. on how to behave.

More definitions
  • polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
  • a faithful depiction or reflection

Examples

628 sentences
  1. Look at yourself in the mirror.

    Подивись на себе у дзеркало.

    ruВзгляни на себя в зеркало.

    deSchau dich im Spiegel an.

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  2. She saw herself in the mirror.

    Вона побачила себе у дзеркалі.

    ruОна увидела себя в зеркале.

    deSie sah sich im Spiegel.

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  3. Tom saw himself in the mirror.

    Том побачив себе у дзеркалі.

    ruТом увидел себя в зеркале.

    deTom hat sich im Spiegel gesehen.

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  4. Tom looked in the mirror again.

    Том ще раз подивився у дзеркало.

    ruТом ещё раз посмотрел в зеркало.

    deTom schaute nochmal in den Spiegel.

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  5. Tom didn't look in the mirror.

    Том не подивився у люстро.

    ruТом не посмотрел в зеркало.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
smooth reflecting surface:
Русский
By meaning 2
smooth reflecting surface:
computing: replica of another site:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
smooth reflecting surface:
computing: replica of another site:

Origin

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”)

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy".

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