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spec·tre  (spktr)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of specter.

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spectre US, specter [ˈspɛktə]

n

1. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a ghost; phantom; apparition

2. a mental image of something unpleasant or menacing the spectre of redundancy

[from Latin spectrum, from specere to look at]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spectre - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings Flying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
	2.	spectre - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" ghost, specter, wraith, spook, shade fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

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spectre

noun ghost, spirit, phantom, presence, vision, shadow, shade (literary), apparition, wraith, eidolon His spectre is said to walk the castle battlements.

Translations

spectre specter (US) [ˈspektəʳ] N → espectro m, fantasma m

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spectre [ˈspɛktə^r] (British) specter (US) n

[war, famine, poverty, death] → spectre m

(= ghost) → spectre m

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spectre, (US) specter

n → Gespenst nt; (fig) → (Schreck)gespenst nt; the spectre of a woman in white → die Erscheinung einer Frau in Weiß

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spectre specter (Am) [ˈspɛktəʳ] n → spettro

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spectre

n spectre [ˈspektə]

a ghost. spook شَبَح، خَيال призрак strašidlo spøgelse der Spuk φάντασμα espectro kummitus, tont روح kummitus revenant/-ante רוּח רְפָאִים प्रेत, भूत duh, sablast kísértet hantu draugur fantasma 幽霊 유령 šmėkla, vaiduoklis spoks hantu spook spøkelse, skrømt duch assombração fantomă привидение; призрак strašidlo duh duh spöke ผี hayalet, hortlak 鬼 привид, мара بھوت ma quỷ 鬼