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spectre
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spec·tre  (spktr)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of specter.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.spectrespectre - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
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.spectrespectre - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

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] Nespectro m, fantasma m

spectre [ˈspɛktər] (British) specter (US) n
[war, famine, poverty, death] → spectre m
(= ghost) → spectre m

spectre, (US) specter
nGespenst nt; (fig)(Schreck)gespenst nt; the spectre of a woman in whitedie Erscheinung einer Frau in Weiß

spectre specter (Am) [ˈspɛktəʳ] nspettro
spectre specter (Am) [ˈspɛktəʳ] nspettro

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 привид, мара بھوت ma quỷ


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