adj
Meaning 1
Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ghostly
Antonyms: nonspectral, unspectral
Standard Lemma guide
spectral
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonspectral
adj
Meaning 3
On the spectrum; spectrumy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to a spectrum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- spectral colors
- spectral analysis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
resembling or characteristic of a phantom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a ghostly face at the window
- a phantasmal presence in the room
- spectral emanations
- spiritual tappings at a seance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spiritual
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From spectr(e) + -al.
From spectr(um) + -al.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: призрачен (prizračen) — pertaining to a spectre
- Catalan: espectral — pertaining to a spectre
- Esperanto: fantoma — pertaining to a spectre
- French: spectral — pertaining to a spectre
- Greek: φασματικός (fasmatikós) — pertaining to a spectre
- Irish: taibhsiúil — pertaining to a spectre
- Italian: spettrale — pertaining to a spectre
- Polish: spektralny — pertaining to a spectre
- Polish: widmowy — pertaining to a spectre
- Portuguese: espectral — pertaining to a spectre
- Romanian: spectral — pertaining to a spectre
- Spanish: espectral — pertaining to a spectre
- Swedish: spektral — pertaining to a spectre
- Bulgarian: призрачен (prizračen) — ghostly
- Catalan: espectral — ghostly
- Esperanto: fantoma — ghostly
- Finnish: aavemainen — ghostly
- Irish: taibhsiúil — ghostly
- Italian: spettrale — ghostly
- Polish: widmowy — ghostly
- Portuguese: espectral — ghostly
- Romanian: spectral — ghostly
- Spanish: espectral — ghostly
- Bulgarian: спектрален (spektralen) — of a spectrum
- Czech: spektrální — of a spectrum
- Dutch: spectraal — of a spectrum
- Finnish: spektri- — of a spectrum
- French: spectral — of a spectrum
- German: spektral — of a spectrum
- German: Spektral- — of a spectrum
- Indonesian: spektral — of a spectrum
- Italian: spettrale — of a spectrum
- Polish: spektralny — of a spectrum
- Portuguese: espectral — of a spectrum
- Romanian: spectral — of a spectrum
- Volapük: späktrumik — of a spectrum
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