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doppelganger

English

Alternative forms

  • doppelgänger

Etymology

Borrowed from German Doppelgänger (ghostly spirit, literally double-walker).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d?p(?)l?????/, /-??æ??/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?d?p(?)l??????/, /-??æ???/

Noun

doppelganger (plural doppelgangers)

  1. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
    Synonyms: double, doubleganger
  2. An evil twin.
    Synonym: alter ego
  3. A remarkably similar double.
    Synonyms: lookalike, alter ego
  4. (fantasy) A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.

Related terms

  • doubleganger

Translations

Further reading

  • doppelganger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • Doppelgänger

Noun

doppelganger m (plural doppelgangers)

  1. (fantasy) doppelganger (ghostly double of a living person)

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changeling

English

Etymology

The noun is derived from change +? -ling (suffix with the sense ‘immature; small’). Sense 6 (“idiot, simpleton”) is from the idea that foolish children had been left by magical creatures (sense 1).

The adjective is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?e?n(d)?l??/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?t??e?nd??l??/
  • Hyphenation: change?ling

Noun

changeling (plural changelings)

  1. (European folklore, also figuratively) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
    Synonyms: auf, (both obsolete) oaf
  2. (by extension) A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else.
  3. (by extension, informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
  4. (fantasy, science fiction) An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shape-shifter
  5. (archaic, also figuratively) A person apt to change their loyalty or thinking; a waverer.
    Synonym: turncoat
  6. (obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot

Translations

Adjective

changeling (comparative more changeling, superlative most changeling)

  1. (archaic, rare) Changeable, fickle, inconstant, wavering.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:changeable

References

Further reading

  • changeling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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