spectral

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛktɹəɫ/

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Etymology 1

From spectre +‎ -al.

Adjective

spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)

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

   Synonym: ghostly

   Antonyms: nonspectral, unspectral

   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.

Derived terms

• nonspectral
• spectral bat
• spectrality
• spectrally
• spectral owl
• unspectral

 

Translations

pertaining to a spectre

• Bulgarian: призрачен (bg) (prizračen)
• Catalan: espectral
• French: spectral (fr)
• Greek: φασματικός (el) (fasmatikós)
• Irish: taibhsiúil
• Italian: spettrale (it)
• Portuguese: espectral m or f
• Romanian: spectral (ro)
• Spanish: espectral (es)
• Swedish: spektral (sv)

ghostly

• Bulgarian: призрачен (bg) (prizračen)
• Catalan: espectral
• Finnish: aavemainen (fi)
• Irish: taibhsiúil
• Italian: spettrale (it)
• Portuguese: espectral m or f
• Romanian: spectral (ro)
• Spanish: espectral (es)

Etymology 2

From spectrum +‎ -al.

Adjective

spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)

1. Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc.).

   Antonym: nonspectral

Derived terms

• autospectral
• bispectral
• cospectral
• eigenspectral
• extraspectral
• hydrogen spectral series
• hyperspectral
• isospectral
• microspectral
• midspectral
• monospectral
• multispectral
• nonisospectral
• nonspectral
• pseudospectral
• spatiospectral
• spectral class
• spectralism
• spectralist
• spectral line
• spectrally
• spectral set
• spectral theorem
• spectral theory
• spectral type
• subspectral
• temporospectral
• ultraspectral

 

Translations

of a spectrum

• Bulgarian: спектрален (spektralen)
• Czech: spektrální
• Dutch: spectraal (nl)
• Finnish: spektri-
• French: spectral (fr)
• German: spektral (de), Spektral-
• Italian: spettrale (it)
• Portuguese: espectral m or f
• Romanian: spectral (ro)
• Volapük: späktrumik

Anagrams

• cepstral, craplets, sceptral

French

Etymology

From spectre +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛk.tʁal/

Adjective

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

1. spectral

Further reading

• “spectral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spekˈtral]

Adjective

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

1. spectral

   Synonym: fantomatic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	spectral		spectrală		spectrali	spectrale
	definite	spectralul		spectrala		spectralii	spectralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	spectral		spectrale		spectrali	spectrale
	definite	spectralului		spectralei		spectralelor	spectralilor

Related terms

• spectru