Marvel

Definitions: Marvel

Marvel

Noun

1. Something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science".

Verb

1. Be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities".

2. Express astonishment or surprise about something.

Date "marvel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonym: Marvel

Synonym: wonder (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Prodigy	Noun: prodigy, phenomenon; wonder, wonderment; marvel, miracle; monster; (unconformity); curiosity, lion, sight, spectacle; jeu de theatre, coup de theatre; gazingstock; sign; St. Elmo's fire, St. Elmo's light; portent.
Supposition	Suggest itself; (thought); run in the head; (memory); marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.
Wonder	Verb: wonder, marvel, admire; be surprised; Adjective: start; stare; open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes; gloar; gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath; look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog; look blank; (disappointment); tombe des nues; not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses.
	Noun: wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment, bewilderment; amazedness; Adjective: admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; stound, fascination; sensation; surprise; (inexpectation) O.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Marvel

English words defined with "marvel": False jalap, Ferly, Four-o'clock ♦ Marveled, Marveling, Marvelled, Marvelling, Mervaille. (references)

Specialty definitions using "marvel": flame on. (references)

Etymologies containing "marvel": marvelous, Mervaille, Mirable. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I'm a goddamn marvel of modern science. (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben) Professor Marvel never guesses. (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Noel Langley)
Lyrics	lyrical marvel ? (Danger (Been So Long); performing artist: Mystikal)
Movie/TV Titles	Sakima and the Masked Marvel (1966) The Marvel Superheroes (1966) Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) The Musical Marvel (1917) Ham and the Masked Marvel (1916)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Marvel Enterprises, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Marvel Encyclopedia (reference) Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Mega Marvel (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Adventures of Captain Marvel (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Captain Marvel (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Marvel Super Heroes in War of Gems (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Marvel Crosson, full-length portrait, seated on top of airplane.Credit: Library of Congress.		The Great Sphinx, the marvel of the ages, Egypt.Credit: Library of Congress.
	A new California tennis marvel / p.Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Underwood and Underwood..		Marvel.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Harry Kahne, mental marvel and daredevil from Keiths Theatre, amuses the cross word puzzle fans as he works a puzzle backwards, while being hung from the top of one of Washington's tall office buildings.Credit: Library of Congress.		The marvel of the world ... in person, Thurston presents mysteries of India.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The marvel of the century! Newmann and his marvelous show of wonders.Credit: Library of Congress.		The marvel of the century! Newmann and his marvelous show of wonders.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Marius was bewildered by this marvel.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	You have to just marvel at the stun-gun absurdity of fighting to the death over what happens after you die.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Marvel" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 43.33% of the time. "Marvel" is used about 180 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	43.33%	78	37,656
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	31.67%	57	44,859
Noun (proper)	12.78%	23	72,767
Lexical Verb (base form)	11.67%	21	76,261
Unclassified Items	0.56%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	180	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "marvel" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Marvel	First name Female	4,000	1,660
Marvel	Last name	1,000	8,118
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name
USA	Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
	(more examples...)

Expressions using "marvel": marvel at ♦ marvel at smb. smth. ♦ marvel at smth. ♦ Marvel Cave Park ♦ marvel if ♦ marvel of Peru. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "marvel": marvel-of-Peru, marvel-ous.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "marvel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		verbaas hom (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Albanian		mrekullohem (wonder), mrekulli (miracle, prodigy, theurgy, wonder, wonderwork), mahnitje (admiration, astonishment, enthusiasm), mahnitem, gjë e mrekullueshme, çudit (amaze, astonish, daze, knock, surprise), çudis (amaze, astonish, daze, knock, surprise), çudi (astonishment, daze, maggot, miracle, oddity, surprise, wonder, wonderwork). (various references)

Arabic		‏معجزة (miracle, portent, prodigy, wonder), ‏تعجب (interjection, wonder), ‏عجيبة (miracle, wonder), ‏عجب (admire, appreciate, commend, elation, enamor, enamour, fall for, overconfidence, please, pomp, strike, vainglory, weirdness, wonder, wonderment), ‏إندهش (get the wind up, wonder), ‏أعجوبة (miracle, portent), ‏بمعجزة. (various references)

Bulgarian		учудване (admiration, astonishment, surprise, wonder, wonderment), удивлявам се, чудя се и се мая, чудя се (puzzle, wonder), чудо (miracle, portent, prodigy, ripping, wonder), възхищение (admiration), възхищавам се, почуда (surprise). (various references)

Chinese		奇迹 (miracle, Wonder, Wonders), 奇事 , 奇景 . (various references)

Czech		zázrak (miracle, prodigy, wonder), divit se (amaze, wonder), div (miracle, prodigy, wonder), žasnout (wonder). (various references)

Danish		undre sig (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Dutch		zich verwonderen (marvel at, wonder), zich verbazen (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Esperanto		miri (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Faeroese		undrast (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Farsi		چیزشگفت , حیرت زده شدن , تعجب (Wonder), اعجاز (Miracle), شگفتی (Amazement, Portent, Prodigy, Singular, Singularity), شگفت داشتن . (various references)

Finnish		ihmetellä (astonished, be surprised, marvel at, wonder). (various references)

French		s'étonner (marvel at, marvel at smth.), merveille. (various references)

Frisian		fernuverje jin (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

German		wunder (astonishment, marvels, miracle, miracles, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, surprise, wonder, wonders), Wunderding (marvelous thing), staunen (amazement, astonishment, be amazed, be astonished, goggle, marvel at, to be astonished, to marvel, wonder). (various references)

Greek		απορώ (at a loss, wonder), θαύμα (miracle, prodigy, wonder), θαυμάζω (admire, look up to, marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Hebrew		לתמו�" (wonder), ל�"תפלא (wonder), ל�"שתומם (be astonished, wonder), פליא�" (puzzlement, surprise, wonder, wonderment), פלא (miracle, prodigy, wonder). (various references)

Hungarian		csodálatos dolog (miracle, portent), csoda (miracle, prodigy, wonder). (various references)

Icelandic		undrast (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Indonesian		keajaiban (miracle, mystery, oddity, prodigy, remarkableness, wonder). (various references)

Italian		stupirsi (astonish, be amazed, marvel at, stupor, wonder, wondrousness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		奇蹟 (miracle, wonder), 奇跡 (miracle, wonder), 不思議 (curiosity, miracle, mystery, strange, wonder). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きせき (augite, cornerstone, foundation stone, locus, miracle, pyroxene, roster of the dead, wagon tracks, wonder), ふしぎ (curiosity, miracle, mystery, strange, wonder). (various references)

Korean		놀라운 일. (various references)

Manx		yindys (admiration, phenomenon, prodigy, surprise, wonder, wonderment), goaill yindys (wonder, wondering). (various references)

Norwegian		bli forbauset (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Papiamen		asombrá (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Pig Latin		arvelmay

Polish		dziwić się. (various references)

Portuguese		maravilha (knockout, marigold, miracle, portent, prodigy, wonder, wonderment, wonderwork). (various references)

Romanian		miracol (miracle, wonder), minune (miracle, portent, prodigy, wonder), minunãţie (miracle, prodigy, wonder), se minuna, pildã (example, instance, lead, model, moral, nonesuch, parable, pattern, piece), om neobişnuit (oner), lucru minunat, întruchipare (devil, embodiment, incorporation, picture). (various references)

Russian		чудо (miracle, phoenix, portent, prodigy, wonder, wonderwork, wonder-work), восхищаться (admire, admire for, adore, delight), замечательная вещь, изумляться, диво. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		oduševljavati se, čudo (miracle, prodigy, wonder, wonderwork), čuditi se (wonder). (various references)

Spanish		maravillarse (be amazed, wonder), maravilla (marigold, miracles, treat, US prairie four-o'clock, wonder, wonderment), prodigio (portent, prodigy, wonder), asombrarse (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Sranan		fruwondru (marvel at, wonder). (various references)

Swedish		under (below, beneath, during, for, in, into, miracle, over, under, underneath, unto, wonder), förundra sig (wonder, wonder at). (various references)

Turkish		mucize (miracle, prodigy, wonder), olağanüstü şey (humdinger, lulu, phenomenon, prodigy, ripsnorter), hayret etmek (be amazed, be astonished, be nonplused, be surprised, blink at, wonder), harika (beautiful, bully, cool, corking, divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, far out, gorgeous, groovy, immense, in the groove, jolly good, keen, marvellous, marvelous, miracle, no mean, old, phenomenal, phenomenon, prodigious, prodigy, ripping, scrumptious, splendid, swell, whizz, wicked, wizard, wonder, wonderful, wondrous, yummy, yum-yum), garipsemek (find strange), şaşmak (be astonished, be baffled, be surprised, startle, wonder). (various references)

Turkmen		gudrat (miracle). (various references)

Ukranian		чудо (miracle, phenix, phenomenon, Phoenix, prodigy, wonder), здивування (amaze, amazement, astonishment, daze, perplex, quandary, surprise, wonder), дивуватися (gape, wonder). (various references)

Vietnamese		vật tuyệt diệu, vật kỳ diệu (phoenix, wonder), người khác thường, người kỳ lạ, kỳ công người kỳ dị. (various references)

Welsh		synnu (amaze, astonish, astound, be amazed, be surprised, surprise), syndod (amazement, surprise), rhyfeddu (amaze, wonder), rhyfeddod (wonder). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	admiratione, admirationem, mirabilia, miracula, miraculis, miraculo, miraculum, ostenta. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	ofwundrian. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	merveille. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	John Chapter 3, Verse 7
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Mh qaumashV oti eipon soi dei umaV gennhqhnai anwqen
Latin	405	Vulgate	Non mireris quia dixi tibi oportet vos nasci denuo
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ne wundre þu for þan þe ic segge þe.eow ge-bered þæt ge beon akende eadniwan.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Wondre thou not, for Y seide to thee, It bihoueth you to be borun ayen.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Marvayle not that I sayd to the ye must be boren a newe.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born again.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	John Chapter 3, Verse 7
Cebuano	Ayaw ikahibulong ang akong pag-ingon kanimo, `Kinahanglan nga igaanak kamo pag-usab.`
Chinese	我說、 � 們必 � � 重 �"� 、 � 不要以為希奇。
Croatian	Ne èudi se što ti rekoh: 'Treba da se rodite nanovo, odozgor.'
Danish	Forundre dig ikke over, at jeg sagde til dig: I må fødes på ny.
Dutch	Verwonder u niet, dat Ik u gezegd heb: Gijlieden moet wederom geboren worden.
Finnish	Älä ihmettele, että minä sanoin sinulle: teidän täytyy syntyä uudesti, ylhäältä.
French	Ne t`étonne pas que je t`aie dit: Il faut que vous naissiez de nouveau.
German	Laß dich's nicht wundern, daß ich dir gesagt habe: Ihr müsset von neuem geboren werden.
Haitian Creole	Pa sezi si mwen di ou: se pou nou fèt yon dezyèm fwa.
Hungarian	Ne csodáld, hogy azt mondám néked: Szükség néktek újonnan születnetek.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Jangan heran kalau Aku mengatakan: kamu semua harus dilahirkan kembali.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Jangan engkau heran, sebab sudah Kukatakan kepadamu: Bahwa wajib kamu diperanakkan pula.
Italian	Non ti meravigliare se t'ho detto: dovete rinascere dall'alto.
Latvian	Nebrînies par to, ka es tev sacîju: jums vajag no jauna atdzimt.
Maori	Aua ra e miharo ki taku i mea nei ki a koe, he mea tuturu tenei kia whanau hou koutou.
Norwegian	Undre dig ikke over at jeg sa til dig: I må fødes på ny!
Portuguese	Não te admires de eu te haver dito: Necessário vos é nascer de novo.
Rumanian	Nu te mira cq yi-am zis: ,,Trebuie sq vq nawteyi din nou.
Russian	оЕ Х�"ЙЧМСКУС ФПНХ, ЮФП с УЛБЪБМ ФЕ�'Е: �"ПМЦОП ЧБН ТП�"ЙФШУС УЧЩЫЕ.
Shuar	Wi "atak yamaram akiiniatniuiti" takui itiurchat Enentáimpraip.
Spanish	No te maravilles de que te dije: "Os es necesario nacer de nuevo."
Swahili	Usistaajabu kwamba nimekwambia kuwa ni lazima kuzaliwa upya.
Swedish	Förundra dig icke över att jag sade dig att I måsten födas på nytt.
Uma	Jadi', neo' nupokakonce lolita-ku tohe'i to mpo'uli': koi' omea kana putu nculii'.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "marvel": marveled, marveling, marvelled, marvelling, marvellous, marvelous, marvelously, marvelousness, marvelousnesses, marvels. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Marvel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Avrel, Farvel, Harvel, Harvell, Maravall, Maraven, marbel, marbell, Mariel, Markel, marnel, marovic, Maroviv, marsel, marvem, Marven, marvic, marvled, Marvo, marvy, Marwell, Matvey, mauvely, Mavala, mavel, Mavrud, mervayle, merveille, Mirbel, morve, morvel, Mravak, narvel. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "marvel" (pronounced mÄ"rvul)
5	-Ä" r v u l	arval, larval.
3	-v u l	anvil, approval, archival, arrival, bedevil, bevel, carnival, civil, daredevil, devil, disapproval, dishevel, drivel, evil, festival, gavel, gravel, grovel, hovel, interval, level, medieval, multilevel, naval, navel, novel, oval, primeval, Ravel, removal, retrieval, revel, revival, rival, servile, shovel, shrivel, survival, swivel, travel, uncivil, unravel, upheaval, weevil.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-r-v"
	-1 letter: lamer, laver, ravel, realm, velar.
	-2 letters: alme, aver, earl, lame, lave, lear, leva, male, mare, marl, meal, merl, rale, rave, real, ream, vale, veal, vela, vera.
	-3 letters: ale, are, arm, ave, ear, elm, era, lam, lar, lav, lea, lev, mae, mar, mel, ram, rem, rev, var.
	-4 letters: ae, al, am, ar, el, em, er.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-r-v"
	+1 letter: marvels, removal.
	+2 letters: marveled, primeval, removals, velarium.
	+3 letters: almsgiver, liveryman, marveling, marvelled, marvelous, overclaim, ravelment, removable, removably, verapamil, verbalism.
	+4 letters: almsgivers, cavalrymen, decemviral, flavorsome, improvable, marvelling, marvellous, overclaims, overmantel, primevally, ravelments, relativism, removeable, revealment, revivalism, salverform, verapamils, verbalisms, vermicular.
	+5 letters: cavalierism, deliveryman, formatively, irremovable, irremovably, marvelously, meliorative, normatively, overclaimed, overmantels, premedieval, relativisms, revealments, revivalisms, unremovable, verisimilar, vermiculate.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 72 76 65 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-- .- .-. ...- . .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01110010 01110110 01100101 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#114 &#118 &#101 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0072 0076 0065 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
marvel comic	6,415	marvel superheros	135
marvel	3,758	marvel pic	131
marvel vs capcom 2	938	marvel comic picture	113
marvel vs capcom	809	marvel heroclix	110
marvel comic book	684	marvel rpg	110
marvel action figure	650	comic cover marvel	98
comic marvel wallpaper	442	directory marvel	96
marvel character	351	2 capcom code marvel vs	95
marvel universe	247	marvel hero	95
marvel wallpaper	232	marvel comic pic	93
marvel movie	226	marvel mystery oil	83
marvel vs capcom 2 cheat	225	marvel card	83
marvel legend	219	marvel superheroes	83
marvel super hero	208	marvel vs capcom cheat	78
marvel comic character	182	marvel entertainment	77
3 capcom marvel vs	178	marvel super heros	75
comics.com marvel	159	2 capcom character marvel vs	75
dc vs marvel	158	marvel vs capcom rom	74
marvel picture	150	2 capcom marvel rom vs	73
captain marvel	139	bios character marvel	71
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Marvel

Definitions: Marvel

Marvel

Noun

Verb

Synonym: Marvel

Synonyms within Context: Marvel

Prodigy

Supposition

Wonder

Crosswords: Marvel

Modern Usage: Marvel

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Marvel

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Marvel

Illustrations:Marvel

Photo Album: Marvel

Use in Literature: Marvel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Spoken Usage: Marvel

Dennis Miller

Usage Frequency: Marvel

Name Usage Frequency: Marvel

Usage in Company Names: Marvel

Marvel Enterprises, Inc.

Expressions: Marvel

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Marvel

Modern Translations: Marvel

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Turkmen

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Welsh

Ancestral Language Translations: Marvel

Bible Trace: Marvel

Illustrations:
Marvel