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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessorcière
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sɔʁ.sjɛʁ
"La sorcière a préparé une potion magique."
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A person, especially a woman, credited with practicing witchcraft or magic, often depicted in folklore as wearing a pointed hat and flying on a broomstick.
"In the story, the wicked witch cast a spell on the young princess." - 2
A practitioner of modern Wicca or contemporary pagan witchcraft.
"She considers herself a white witch who uses herbs and meditation for healing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English noun 'wicce' (female magician or sorceress) and 'wicca' (sorcerer), stemming from a West Germanic base *wikkjaz ('necromancer'). Over centuries, the term evolved from ancient pagan practitioners and folk healers into a central figure of European folklore, persecution during the witch trials, and modern neo-pagan religions like Wicca.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Witch" is said worldwide
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sorcière
Transliteration: sɔʁ.sjɛʁ
"La sorcière a préparé une potion magique."
Hexe
Transliteration: ˈhɛksə
"Die Hexe flog auf ihrem Besen davon."
strega
Transliteration: ˈstre.ɡa
"La strega viveva in una casetta nel bosco."
bruja
Transliteration: ˈbɾu.xa
"Cuentan las leyendas que una bruja habitaba el castillo."
bruxa
Transliteration: ˈbɾu.ʃɐ
"A bruxa preparou um feitiço poderoso."
डायन
Transliteration: dayan
"कहaniyon mein dayan aksar jadui taqat rakhti hai."
女巫
Transliteration: nǚ wū
"故事里有一个邪恶的女巫。"
마녀
Transliteration: ma-nyeo
"동화 속에서 마녀는 빗자루를 타고 날아다닙니다."
魔女
Transliteration: majo
"その魔女はほうきに乗って空を飛んだ。"
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