spook

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (colloquial, neuter, plural) phantom, ghost
2. (colloquial, neuter, plural) spectre, horror, terror
3. (colloquial, neuter, plural) an imaginary horror, conceptual nightmare
4. (colloquial, neuter, plural) an annoying and intolerable woman

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of spoken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of spoken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of spoken:

spoken

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

fantôme

👻

esprit

apparition

spectre

👻

revenant

ombre

fantasme

hanté

semblant

Synonymes

geest

👻

schim

blinde bij kaarspel

verschijning

fantoom

spinnekop

🕷️

vervelend

spookverschijning

vervelend nest

geestverschijning

spooksel

blinde

gespens

heks

nachtmerrie

schaduw

schijnsel

Traductions

Gespenst

👻

ghost

👻

fantasma

👻

Geist

fantasma

👻

fantasma

👻

Phantom

Spuk

phantom

φάντασμα

spettro

شبح

spook

spirito

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/spoːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: spoke

Appartenant à Middle Low German: spôk

Appartenant à bas-allemand: spôk

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: Spuch

Appartenant à allemand: Spuk

In summary

From Middle Dutch spoke, spooc, from spoke, spoocke, spoicke (“wizardry, witchcraft”), from Proto-Germanic *spōk. Further etymology unclear. Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, Low German spôk, Middle High German Spuch, and German Spuk.