English → Latin
“miracle” in Latin
mīrāculumwonder, marvel, miracle; a wonderful, strange or marvellous thing.; wonderfulness, marvellousness.mīruswonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculousostendōto expose to view, exhibit, show; to reveal, expose, make known; to explain, clarifymōnstruma divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil omen, portent; a monster, monstrosity, whether in size or character; a thinprōdigiumomen, portent, prophetic sign; prodigy, wonderportendōto indicate, point out; to predict, foretell, portend
The English word miracle itself goes back to Latin mīrus, through mīrāculum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
miracle
miraculum, res mira, mirum (anything marvellous): ostentum, monstrum, prodigium, portentum (of fearful or threatening appearances in nature: ostentum, any strange natural phenomenon, without the notion of a prophetic meaning; monstrum, especially of unnatural births; prodigium, that which portends anything extraordinary, or is a display of Divine power, especially with reference to the manner in which, or the place or time at which a thing appears; portentum, anything strange or wonderful in nature or human life, so far as it portends good or evil). ☞ In the biblical sense the proper word is miraculum. To work miracles, miracula edere, patrare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for miracle?
- The usual Latin words for “miracle” are mīrāculum, mīrus, ostendō; also mōnstrum, prōdigium, portendō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.