"spectre" meaning in All languages combined

See spectre on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: spectres [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spectre (plural spectres)
  1. British standard spelling of specter.

Noun [French]

IPA: /spɛktʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-spectre.wav Forms: spectres [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin spectrum. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|spectrum}} Learned borrowing from Latin spectrum Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} spectre m (plural spectres)
  1. ghost, specter Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Horror
    Sense id: en-spectre-fr-noun-15ihlr-K Disambiguation of Horror: 86 14 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. spectrum Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-spectre-fr-noun-H9YgLJuz Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spectral

Noun [Romanian]

IPA: [ˈspek.tre]
Head templates: {{head|ro|noun form|g=n-p}} spectre n pl
  1. plural of spectru Tags: form-of, neuter, plural Form of: spectru
    Sense id: en-spectre-ro-noun-ukE~qaFQ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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