What does spectre in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word spectre in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use spectre in French.

The word spectre in French means ghost, phantom, spectrum, spectrum, skeleton, broad-spectrum, spectrum analysis, raise the spectre of, absorption spectrum, mass spectrum, electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word spectre

ghost, phantom

nom masculin (fantôme)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le spectre du châtelain guillotiné à la Révolution plane sur le manoir.
The ghost of the lord guillotined during the Revolution floats over the manor.

spectrum

nom masculin (Optique : suite de choses) (Optics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les infrarouges sont hors du spectre lumineux visible.
Infrared is outside the visible light spectrum.

spectrum

nom masculin (Médecine : champ d'efficacité) (Medicine)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le spectre de cet antibiotique est très large.
This is a very broad-spectrum antibiotic.

skeleton

nom masculin (figuré (personne décharnée, malingre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
After suffering from the tropical disease for two months, Nadine looked like a skeleton.

broad-spectrum

locution adjectivale (qui couvre beaucoup de cas)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

spectrum analysis

nom féminin (décomposition des fréquences d'un signal) (technical)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

raise the spectre of

locution verbale (menacer, effrayer par) (UK)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

absorption spectrum

nom masculin (analyse de l'absorption de lumière)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mass spectrum

nom masculin (analyse de composition chimique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

electromagnetic spectrum

nom masculin (représentation des longueurs d'onde.)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

visible spectrum

nom masculin (lumière visible) (light)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le spectre visible est borné par les ultraviolets et les infrarouges.

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