Kilo Lingo

mirror

/ˈmɪrə/

Line drawing of mirror
Coloured illustration of mirror
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Translation

A piece of special glass that shows you a picture of yourself when you look at it.

Word origin

From Old French mireor, from Latin mirare meaning to look at or to wonder at.

Origin
Old French
Root
mireor

Grammar

Gender
Pluralmirrors

Examples

herself .

"Mirror" is the glass that shows a picture of you.

.

"Mirrors" is the plural, meaning more than one mirror.

.

Here "mirror" is the glass he looks into to see himself.

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