spectral

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English

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Etymology

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Equivalent to spectre +‎ -al.

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spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.
    Synonym: ghostly
    Antonym: nonspectral
    The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage Morning”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 202:
      The day itself was miserably dull; a thick fog shut out the landscape, while a few of the nearer trees alone were visible, spreading out their thin spectral arms on the murky air.
    • 1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Ghost in Master B’s Room”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round [], volume II, London: [] C[harles] Whiting, [], →OCLC, page 27, column 2:
      Agitated by a multitude of curious thoughts, I retired to my room, that night, prepared to encounter some new experience of a spectral character.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc)

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French

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Etymology

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From spectre +‎ -al.

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

  1. spectral

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French spectral. By surface analysis, spectru +‎ -al.

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

  1. spectral
    Synonym: fantomatic

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