English Explanatory Dictionary

wonder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
  2. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
  3. Fortunate circumstances.
  4. An astonishing and seemingly inexplicable turn of events.
  5. A feat that demonstrates incredible finesse or skill, as if performed by magic.
  6. Someone very talented at something, a genius.
  7. A nominalizer that serves as a head noun for the preceding adjective, which together form a mocking or insulting epithet.
  8. A mental pondering, a thought.
  9. A kind of donut; a cruller.
verb
  1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
  2. To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
noun
  1. Any of the Wonders of the World.

Pronunciation

/ˈwʌndə/ [ˈwʌ̹ndəː] /ˈwʌndɚ/ [ˈwʌ̈ndɚ] ~ [ˈwʌ̈ndɹ̩] En-us-wonder.ogg

Word forms

wonder wonders wondre wondering wondered no-table-tags glossary wonderest wonderedst wondereth

Etymology

From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Cognate with Scots wunner (“wonder”), West Frisian wonder, wûnder (“wonder, miracle”), Dutch wonder (“miracle, wonder”), Low German wunner, wunder (“wonder”), German Wunder (“miracle, wonder”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish under (“wonder, miracle”), Icelandic undur (“wonder”). The verb is from Middle English wondren, from Old English wundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic *wundrōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunnerje, West Frisian wûnderje, Dutch wonderen, German Low German wunnern, German wundern, Swedish undra, Icelandic undra. Via PIE cognate with English wish (see more).

Synonyms

one ponder

Derived words

1der 90-day wonder ninety-day wonder armless wonder bird of wonder boy wonder chinless wonder girl wonder golden wonder killifish go wonder gutless wonder little wonder nine days wonder nine-day wonder nine day wonder nine days' wonder no-hit wonder no wonder on a wonder one hit wonder one-hit wonder seven-day wonder small wonder tiny wonder two-hit wonder witless wonder wonder-bearing wonder-beast wonderbeast wonderberry wonderbird wonderbook wonderboy wonderbra wonderchild wonder drug wonderdrug wonderfool wonderfuck wonderful wonderglow wonder glow wonder-glow wonderhood wonderland wonderly wonderment wonder of the world wonder of wonders wondershine wondership wonder-ship wondersong wonder-striking Wonder Woman wonderworker wonderworld wondrous wonderous work wonders

Translations

Albanian: thagmë Arabic: عَجَب Armenian: հրաշք Azerbaijani: təəccüb Belarusian: цуд Belarusian: дзі́ва Bulgarian: чу́до Catalan: meravella Chinese Mandarin: 奇跡 /奇迹 Chinese Mandarin: 奧妙 /奥妙 Czech: div Czech: zázrak Danish: vidunder Danish: under Danish: mirakel Dutch: wonder Dyirbal: (Jirribal) mali? Esperanto: mirindaĵo Estonian: ime Faroese: undur Finnish: ihme French: merveille West-Frisian: wûnder Galician: marabilla German: Wunder German: Mirakel Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌹 Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 Greek: θαύμα Ancient Greek: θαῦμα Hawaiian: kāhāhā Hebrew: פֶּלֶא Hindi: आश्चर्य Hungarian: csoda Icelandic: undur Irish: ionadh Irish: iontas Italian: meraviglia Japanese: 驚異 Khmer: អច្ឆរិយវត្ថុ Korean: 놀라움 Korean: 경이 Latin: mīrāculum Latin: mīrābilis Lithuanian: stebuklas Low German: Wunner Low German: Mirakel Macedonian: чудо Malagasy: fahagagana Malayalam: വിസ്മയം Malayalam: അത്ഭുതം Manx: yindys
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