See specter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Nevertheleſſe, they which ſhould ſee thoſe Iſles thus to moove in this manner, not knowing before that the ſame were naturall: they would entertaine many and diverſe apprehenſions in their fantaſie, & would imagine that they ſawe a thing very ſtrange and prodigious, and ſuch as did very neere approach to the nature of ſome Specter [translating spectre] and viſion.",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "при́вид"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "bhūt",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بهوت"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "bóng ma"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "ma"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "fantom",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фантом"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "přízrak"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "strašák"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hrozba"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mental image",
"word": "spektro"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schreckgespenst"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spuk"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skiá",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σκιά"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fantomă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fantóm",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фанто́м"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mental image",
"word": "imagen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spöke"
}
],
"word": "specter"
}
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