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spectre
English
Etymology
From French spectre, from Latin spectrum (“appearance, apparition”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
Noun
spectre (plural spectres)
- Britain standard spelling of specter.
- 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
- A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.
- 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
Anagrams
- Sceptre, recepts, respect, scepter, sceptre, specter
French
Pronunciation
Noun
spectre m (plural spectres)
- ghost, specter
- Dans la nuit, il vit un spectre apparaître.
- spectrum
- Le spectre de la lumière blanche est un spectre continu.
Further reading
- “spectre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- respect
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?spek.tre]
Noun
spectre n pl
- plural of spectru
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revenant
English
Etymology
19th century. From French revenant, the present participle of revenir (“to return”). Compare revenue.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v?n?nt/
Noun
revenant (plural revenants)
- Someone who returns from a long absence.
- 1886, Mrs Lynn Linton, Paston Carew viii, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, volume 8 part 1, published 1914, page 595:
- They would not visit this undesirable revenant with his insolent wealth and discreditable origin.
- 1895 August 31, Daily News 4/7, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, volume 8 part 1, published 1914, page 595:
- The undergraduates, our fogey revenant observes, look much as they did.., in outward aspect.
- 2008, Andrew Cusack, Wanderer in 19th-Century German Literature, Camden House, ?ISBN, page 91:
- From this moment on, the hero's fate is sealed; an attempt to reestablish himself in human society, though initially successful, inevitably fails. The stone tablet exerts an invincible fascination over the revenant, who becomes so withdrawn that his father implores him: […]
- 1886, Mrs Lynn Linton, Paston Carew viii, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, volume 8 part 1, published 1914, page 595:
- A person or thing reborn.
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, page 184:
- Sometimes […] semi-identifications could be made on the basis of names. Henry VII's son Arthur was hailed as a revenant in this way.
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, page 184:
- A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- For granting even that Religion were dead; that it had died, half-centuries ago, with unutterable Dubois; or emigrated lately, to Alsace, with Necklace-Cardinal Rohan; or that it now walked as goblin revenant with Bishop Talleyrand of Autun; yet does not the Shadow of Religion, the Cant of Religion, still linger?
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ghost
Translations
Adjective
revenant (comparative more revenant, superlative most revenant)
- Returning.
- 1988, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, Random House (2008), page 134:
- On clear nights when the moon was full, she waited for its shining revenant ghost.
- 1988, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, Random House (2008), page 134:
Anagrams
- Tavenner, venerant
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.v(?).n??/
Verb
revenant
- present participle of revenir
Noun
revenant m (plural revenants, feminine revenante)
- A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
- A person who returns after a long absence
Further reading
- “revenant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- énervant, vénérant
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