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- [spek-truh l]
- /ˈspɛk trəl/
- /ˈspek.trəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spek-truh l]
- /ˈspɛk trəl/
Definitions of spectral word
- adjective spectral of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom. 1
- adjective spectral resembling or suggesting a specter. 1
- adjective spectral of, relating to, or produced by a spectrum or spectra. 1
- adjective spectral resembling or suggesting a spectrum or spectra. 1
- adjective spectral relating to a spectrum 1
- adjective spectral relating to ghosts 1
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Origin of spectral
First appearance:
before 1710 One of the 50% oldest English words
1710-20; < Latin spectr(um) (see specter) + -al1
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Parts of speech for Spectral
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spectral popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spectral usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spectral
adj spectral
- apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
- asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- crawly — feeling or causing a sensation like creatures crawling on one's skin
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
adjective spectral
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- deathlike — resembling or suggestive of death
- disbodied — (archaic) disembodied.
- ensorcelled — Simple past tense and past participle of ensorcell.
- exsanguinous — Alternative form of exsanguious.
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