Fata Morganaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• fata morgana

語源

Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/
• 韻: -ɑːnə

名詞

Fata Morgana (plural Fata Morganas)

1. A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina.
   • 1846, editorial staff, “A City in the Air”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 101:

     A mirage, or fata morgana, was lately witnessed at Stralsund, in Pomerania.

   Hypernym: mirage

関連する語

• Morgan le Fay