spectre
French, noun/spɛktʁ/
spectre is spelled S-P-E-C-T-R-E (7 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spectre is a French masculine noun meaning “ghost, specter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fantôme, apparition d’un mort”.
What does spectre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineghost, specter
Dans la nuit, il vit un spectre apparaître.
- 2
masculinespectrum
Le spectre de la lumière blanche est un spectre continu.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fantôme, apparition d’un mort. 2. Souvenir de personnes disparues. 3. Évocation ou apparition effrayante. 4. Personne hâve et maigre à faire peur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of spectre
- spectres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spectre?
- /spɛktʁ/
- \spɛktʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spectre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spectre in French?
spectre appears 10 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).