mirror

/ˈmir-ər/

Middle English mirour "object with a reflective surface, reflection, model of conduct," borrowed from Anglo-French mirur, mireour, from mirer "to look at" (going back to Latin mīrārī "to be surprised, look with wonder at") + -ur, -eour

noun

  1. a polished or smooth surface (as of glass) that forms images by reflection

  2. something that gives a true representation

  3. an exemplary model

She looked at herself in the mirror.

verb

  1. to reflect in or as if in a mirror

  2. resemble

noun

  1. something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane

  2. the direct opposite

  3. image