spook
English
/spuːk/
noun
Definitions
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
- A hobgoblin.
- (informal) A scare or fright.
- (espionage) A spy.
- (slang) A black person.
- (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish spook (ghost) derived from Middle Dutch spooc (ghost, spook, apparition).
Origin
Middle Dutch
spooc
Gloss
ghost, spook, apparition
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Spooklight English
- fish English
- house English
- light English
- master English
- outspook English
- show English
- spookable English
- spookdom English
- spooker English
- spookery English
- spookfest English
- spookfish English
- spookhouse English
- spookily English
- spookiness English
- spookish English
- spookless English
- spookmaster English
- spookshow English
- spookspeak English
- spooktacular English
- spooktacularly English
- spooktastic English
- spooky English
- superspook English
- unspookable English
- peijakas Finnish
- peijakkaanmoinen Finnish
- peijakkaasti Finnish
- Spuk German
- spoken Dutch, Flemish
- spook Dutch, Flemish
- spookachtig Dutch, Flemish
- spookdier Dutch, Flemish
- spookdorp Dutch, Flemish
- spookhuis Dutch, Flemish
- spookrijder Dutch, Flemish
- spookschip Dutch, Flemish
- spookstad Dutch, Flemish
- spooktrein Dutch, Flemish
- spookverhaal Dutch, Flemish
- spookwoord Dutch, Flemish
- voorspook Dutch, Flemish
- *faigijaz Proto-Germanic
- spøg Danish
- spøge Danish
- spøgelse Danish
- spaug Icelandic
- spoke Middle Dutch
- spooc Middle Dutch
- spook Afrikaans
- spôk Middle Low German
- spōk Middle Low German
- spȫken Middle Low German
- Spöök Low German