spectre
Meanings
Noun
1. ghost, specter
2. spectrum
Examples5
Dans la nuit, il vit un spectre apparaître.
In the night, he saw a specter appear.
Le spectre de la lumière blanche est un spectre continu.
The spectrum of white light is a continuous spectrum.
Ce livre couvre tout le spectre des émotions.
This book runs the gamut of emotions.
Un spectre hante l'Europe: le spectre du communisme.
A spectre haunts Europe: the spectre of communism.
On peut voir les couleurs du spectre dans un arc-en-ciel.
You can see the colors of the spectrum in a rainbow.