muggle

ˈmʌɡəl

Definition

Definition of muggle - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

fantasy

TECH.

person without magical abilities in Harry Potter

TECH.

Hermione explained that her parents were muggles.

human

ordinary

unskilled

Slang

person not familiar with a particular activity or skill

Slang

He felt like a muggle at the chess tournament.

layperson

novice

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Origin of muggle

J.K. Rowling, muggle (non-magical person)

Examples of muggle in a sentence

The muggle struggled to understand the wizard's ways.
She felt like a muggle in the coding workshop.
As a muggle in the art world, he was easily impressed.

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French:Moldu, moldu, ...
German:Muggel, Anfänger, ...
Italian:babbano, ...
Spanish:muggle, inexperto, ...
Portuguese:muggle, inexperiente, ...
Chinese:麻瓜, 门外汉, ...
Japanese:マグル, 初心者, ...
Arabic:مَغِلّ, مُبْتَدِئ, ...
Hebrew:מוּגְל, מוּגָל, ...
Russian:магл, чайник, ...
Ukrainian:маґл, новачок, ...
Hindi:साधारण मनुष्य, अनाड़ी, ...
Bengali:মাগল, অদক্ষ ব্যক্তি, ...
Catalan:muggle, novell, ...
Czech:mudla, laik, ...
Danish:mugglere, nybegynder, ...
Dutch:Dreuzel, leek, ...
Greek:μαγκλ, αρχάριος, ...
Hungarian:mugli, laikus, ...
Khmer:មនុស្សគ្មានសមត្ថភាពវេទមន្តក្នុងរឿង ហារី ផតធើរ, អ្នកមិនសូវចេះក្នុងសកម្មភាព ឬជំនាញណាមួយ, ...
Korean:머글, 초보자, ...
Persian:مشنگ, ناوارد, ...
Polish:mugol, nowicjusz, ...
Portuguese (BR):trouxa, inexperiente, ...
Romanian:încuiați, nepriceput, ...
Swedish:mugglare, novis, ...
Thai:มักเกิ้ล, มือใหม่, ...
Turkish:muggle, acemi, ...
Vietnamese:người thường, người mới, ...

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