doppelganger

• اسم يشير إلى شبيه خارق أو قرين لشخص حي، يُعتقد أنه غالبًا ما يلاحق أصله الحي أو يظهر كنذير شؤم له.

A noun referring to a ghostly double or look-alike of a living person, often believed to haunt or appear as an omen to its living counterpart.

1. Ghostly doubleC1formal

   A supernatural double or look-alike of a living person, often considered an omen of bad luck or death.

   القرين الشبح

   • In folklore, seeing your doppelganger is said to be a sign of impending doom.
   • The protagonist was haunted by his doppelganger throughout the novel.
   • She claimed to have seen her doppelganger standing at the end of the hallway.

   المرادفاتapparitiondoublefetchphantomshadowspecterwraith

2. Look-alikeB2informal

   A person who looks very similar to another person, often a stranger.

   شبيه

   • I met my doppelganger at the coffee shop; we could have been twins.
   • The celebrity's doppelganger was hired for the movie.
   • He found his doppelganger through a social media look-alike group.

   المرادفاتclonedead ringerdoublemirror imagespitting imagetwin