Paranormal — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

seemingly outside normal sensory channels

not in accordance with scientific laws

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈæɹənˌɔːɹməl/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈaɹənˌɔːməl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈaɹənˌɔːməl/

4 syllables Say it as /pˈæɹənˌɔːɹməl/.

Examples

what seemed to be paranormal manifestations

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

extrasensory

Antonyms

sensory normal

Parts of Speech

adjective	seemingly outside normal sensory channels
adjective	not in accordance with scientific laws “what seemed to be paranormal manifestations”

Around the World

Europe

🇮🇹Italian

paranormale

apparentemente fuori dai normali canali sensoriali

🇳🇱Dutch

paranormaal

schijnbaar buiten de normale sensorische kanalen

🇷🇺Russian

паранормальный

по-видимому, за пределами обычных сенсорных каналов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

असाधारण

सामान्य संवेदी चैनलों के बाहर प्रतीत होता है

🇧🇩Bengali

প্যারানরমাল

আপাতদৃষ্টিতে স্বাভাবিক সংবেদী চ্যানেলের বাইরে

🇮🇳Tamil

அமானுஷ்ய

சாதாரண உணர்வு சேனல்களுக்கு வெளியே தெரிகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

పారానార్మల్

సాధారణ సెన్సరీ ఛానెల్‌ల వెలుపల కనిపించింది

🇮🇳Marathi

अलौकिक

सामान्य संवेदी चॅनेलच्या बाहेर दिसते

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેરાનોર્મલ

મોટે ભાગે સામાન્ય સંવેદનાત્મક ચેનલોની બહાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಧಿಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ

ತೋರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಂವೇದನಾ ಚಾನೆಲ್‌ಗಳ ಹೊರಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അസാധാരണമായ

സാധാരണ സെൻസറി ചാനലുകൾക്ക് പുറത്താണെന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਲੌਕਿਕ

ਆਮ ਸੰਵੇਦੀ ਚੈਨਲਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

غیر معمولی

بظاہر عام حسی چینلز سے باہر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

超自然现象

看似在正常的感觉通道之外

🇯🇵Japanese

超常現象

一見通常の感覚チャネルの外側にあるように見える

🇰🇷Korean

초자연적

겉보기에는 정상적인 감각 채널을 벗어난 것 같습니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

huyền bí

dường như nằm ngoài các kênh cảm giác bình thường

🇹🇭Thai

อาถรรพณ์

ดูเหมือนอยู่นอกช่องรับความรู้สึกปกติ

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خوارق

على ما يبدو خارج القنوات الحسية العادية

🇮🇷Persian

ماوراء الطبیعه

به ظاهر خارج از کانال های حسی طبیعی

🇮🇱Hebrew

פאראנורמלי

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