spectral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛktɹəɫ/

Adjective

spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)

1. Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.

   The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills.

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House

     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.

Anagrams

• cepstral, craplets, sceptral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛk.tʁal/

Adjective

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

1. spectral

Further reading

• “spectral” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

French spectral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spekˈtral]

Adjective

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

1. spectral