miraculé

See also: miracule

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.ʁa.ky.le/
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Participle

miraculé (feminine miraculée, masculine plural miraculés, feminine plural miraculées)

  1. past participle of miraculer

Adjective

miraculé (feminine miraculée, masculine plural miraculés, feminine plural miraculées)

  1. cured by a miracle, e.g. through the intercession of a saint
  2. cured or otherwise saved as if by a miracle
    l'avion miraculéthe plane that narrowly avoided disaster/whose crash (etc.) its passengers miraculously survived
  3. miraculous

Noun

miraculé m (plural miraculés, feminine miraculée)

  1. someone who has been cured by a miracle, e.g. through the intercession of a saint
  2. someone who has been cured or otherwise survived a grave danger as if by a miracle
    • 2025 (11 February), Ana Fernández, "Un miraculé devenu symbole des peurs du métro new-yorkais ", La Presse:
      Lorsque Joseph Lynskey est poussé sur les voies du métro de New York le soir du Nouvel An, il comprend immédiatement qu’il est victime d’un de ces actes de violence extraordinaire qui hantent la mégalopole américaine. Le miraculé peut maintenant témoigner.
      When Joseph Lynskey was pushed onto the tracks of the New York subway on New Year's Eve, he immediately understood that he was the victim of one of the acts of extraordinary violence that haunt the American megalopolis. The miraculously rescued man can now talk about his experience.

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