abracadabra

Etymology
From, a word used in magical writings, of origin. Relationships have been suggested with, and with various Aramaic or Hebrew terms , ; , but there is little supporting evidence.

Noun

 * 1) A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word.
 * 2) Mumbo jumbo; obscure language or technicalities; jargon.
 * 1) Mumbo jumbo; obscure language or technicalities; jargon.
 * 1) Mumbo jumbo; obscure language or technicalities; jargon.

Translations

 * Czech: simsalabim
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, csiribí-csiribá, csiribú-csiribá
 * Japanese: アブラカダブラ
 * Korean: 아브라카다브라
 * Maori: mangamangaiatua
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, simsalabim
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Vietnamese: ,

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish: abrakadabra, abracadabra
 * Esperanto: abrakadabra
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აბრაკადაბრა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀβρακαδάβρα
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: アブラカダブラ
 * Maori: mangamangaiatua
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, hokus pokus
 * Persian: اجی مجی لاترجی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: abracadabra
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: абракадабра
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, abra kadabra
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:

Interjection

 * 1) abracadabra

Noun

 * 1) an unspecified magical formula
 * 2)  a mystical word from kabbalism

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
. See.

Interjection

 * 1)  used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed

Etymology
or.

Usage notes

 * The treats this word as a masculine noun. For the gender, compare other words of Greek origin that end in -a, such as  or.