different between spectral vs specter

English

Etymology

Equivalent to spectre +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?kt???/

Adjective

spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)

1. Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.

   Synonym: ghostly

   Antonym: nonspectral
2. Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc)

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• cepstral, craplets, sceptral

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?k.t?al/

Adjective

spectral (feminine singular spectrale, masculine plural spectraux, feminine plural spectrales)

1. spectral

Related terms

• spectre

Further reading

• “spectral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

French spectral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spek?tral]

Adjective

spectral m or n (feminine singular spectral?, masculine plural spectrali, feminine and neuter plural spectrale)

1. spectral

Declension

Synonyms

• fantomatic

Related terms

• spectru

English

Alternative forms

• spectre (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

From French spectre, from Latin spectrum (“appearance, apparition”). Doublet of spectrum.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: sp?k?t?r, IPA^(key): /?sp?kt?/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sp?k?t?, IPA^(key): /?sp?kt?/
• Rhymes: -?kt?(?)

Noun

specter (plural specters) (American spelling)

1. A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]

2. (figuratively) A threatening mental image. [from 18th c.]
   • 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Samuel Moore (translator)The Communist Manifesto

     A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this specter: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.

3. (entomology) Any of certain species of dragonfly of the genus Boyeria, family Aeshnidae. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ghost

Related terms

• spectral
• specter bat
• specter candle
• specter shrimp

Translations

Anagrams

• Sceptre, recepts, respect, scepter, sceptre, spectre

Latin

Verb

specter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of spect?