Grammatical class

Noun

spectre

ghost, specter

Details

Syllables

s-pec-tre

Phonetics

spɛktʁ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

9464

Freq. (movies)

7579

Freq. (news)

7527

Sentences

Dans la nuit, il vit un spectre apparaître.

In the night, he saw a specter appear.

B1

Ce livre couvre tout le spectre des émotions.

This book runs the gamut of emotions.

B1

On peut voir les couleurs du spectre dans un arc-en-ciel.

You can see the colors of the spectrum in a rainbow.

B1

Elle a beau être dans l'autre monde, son spectre m’apparaît chaque soir dans la chambre.

Even though she's in the afterlife, her ghost appears to me every night in the bedroom.

B1

Le spectre de la lumière blanche est un spectre continu.

The spectrum of white light is a continuous spectrum.

B2

Un spectre hante l'Europe: le spectre du communisme.

A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of communism.

B2