Phenomenon

//fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən//

Synonyms for "phenomenon" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Strong matches (21)

Noun(2 words)
eventmagician

Related words (35)

Noun(3 words)
oddityphenomprodigy

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

4 entries

derived

49 entries

Showing 16 of 49 words.

has context

2 entries

is a

2 entries

related to

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Translations

154 translations across 53 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • dukuri noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • ngjarje noun (knowable thing or event)

Arabic

1 entries
  • ظَاهِرَة noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Armenian

2 entries
  • երևույթ noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • ֆենոմեն noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Asturian

1 entries
  • fenómenu noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • күренеш noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • күренеш noun (knowable thing or event)
  • күренеш noun (kind or type of phenomenon)
  • күренеш noun (perceptible aspect of something that is mutable)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • з'я́ва noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • з'яўле́нне noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • фено́мен noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • фено́мен noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • ngangalasan noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • феномен noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • явление noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Catalan

3 entries
  • fenomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenomen noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • fenomen noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 現象 /现象 noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Czech

4 entries
  • fenomén noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenomén noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)
  • jev noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • úkaz noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Danish

2 entries
  • foreteelse noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fænomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Dutch

3 entries
  • fenomeen noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenomeen noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • verschijnsel noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fenomeno noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Faroese

1 entries
  • fyribrigdi noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ilmiasu noun (perceptible aspect of something that is mutable)
  • ilmiö noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • ilmiö noun (knowable thing or event)
  • ilmiö noun (kind or type of phenomenon)

French

2 entries
  • phénomène noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • phénomène noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Galician

4 entries
  • fenómeno noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenómeno noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • fenómeno noun (wonderful or very remarkable person or thing)
  • fenómeno noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)

Georgian

4 entries
  • მოვლენა noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • ფენომენი noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • ფენომენი noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • შემთხვევა noun (observable fact or occurrence)

German

3 entries
  • Erscheinung noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • Phänomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • Phänomen noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Greek

3 entries
  • φαινόμενο noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • φαινόμενο noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • φαινόμενο noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • fenomèn noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תופעה noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Hindi

3 entries
  • दृग्विषय noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • परिघटना noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • परिघटना noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fenomén noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • jelenség noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • jelenség noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)
  • tünemény noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • fenomena noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • javlenja noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Italian

1 entries
  • fenomeno noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 現象 noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • 現象 noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • 現象 noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • құбылыс noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Khmer

3 entries
  • បាតុភូត noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • បាតុភូត noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • ឧប្បាទធម៌ noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Korean

1 entries
  • 현상 noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Latvian

2 entries
  • fenomens noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • parādība noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • појава noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • појава noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • појава noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)
  • феномен noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Malay

1 entries
  • fenomena noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-yindys noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Māori

2 entries
  • tītohunga noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • tītohunga noun (knowable thing or event)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • fenomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenomen noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • fenomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenomen noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Occitan

2 entries
  • fenomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenomèn noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Persian

2 entries
  • فنومن noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • پدیده noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Polish

4 entries
  • fenomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenomen noun (knowable thing or event)
  • fenomen noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • fenomen noun (wonderful or very remarkable person or thing)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • fenómeno noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenómeno noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • fenómeno noun (wonderful or very remarkable person or thing)
  • fenómeno noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)

Romanian

3 entries
  • fenomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenomen noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • fenomen noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)

Russian

4 entries
  • необыкнове́нное явле́ние noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • собы́тие noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • фено́мен noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • фено́мен noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pȍjava noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • pȍjava noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • pȍjava noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)
  • по̏јава noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Spanish

3 entries
  • fenómeno noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenómeno noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • fenómeno noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fenomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • fenomen noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • företeelse noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kababalaghan noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • penomeno noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Thai

3 entries
  • ปรากฏการณ์ noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • ปรากฏการณ์ noun (knowable thing or event)
  • ปรากฏการณ์ noun (kind or type of phenomenon)

Turkish

1 entries
  • fenomen noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • з'я́влення noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • фено́мен noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • фено́мен noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • я́влення noun (observable fact or occurrence)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • hiện tượng noun (observable fact or occurrence)
  • hiện tượng noun (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event)
  • hiện tượng noun (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind)
  • người kỳ lạ noun (wonderful or very remarkable person or thing)

Sample sentences

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The phenomenon of interest is in itself, a most interesting subject.

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Lightning is an electrical phenomenon.

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Many of Europe's metropolises are plagued by the doughnut phenomenon.

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People are talking about this Internet phenomenon.

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