spook
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Étymologie
- Du néerlandais spook.
Nom commun
spook \spuːk\
- Fantôme, spectre.
- Apparition (être imaginaire).
- (Argot) Espion.
- (Péjoratif) (Argot) (Vieilli) Nègre.
Almost immediately Mel was summoned by university authorities to justify his use of the word “spooks,” since the two missing students, as it happened, were both African-American, and “spooks” at one time in America was a pejorative designation for blacks, spoken venom milder than “nigger” but intentionally degrading nonetheless.
— (Philip Roth, An Open Letter to Wikipedia, 2012)
Dérivés
Synonymes
Verbe
| Temps | Forme |
|---|---|
| Infinitif | to spook \spuːk\ |
| Présent simple, 3e pers. sing. |
spooks \spuːks\ |
| Prétérit | spooked \spuːkt\ |
| Participe passé | spooked \spuːkt\ |
| Participe présent | spooking \spuːk.ɪŋ\ |
| voir conjugaison anglaise | |
spook \spuːk\
Prononciation
- (Australie) : écouter « spook [Prononciation ?] »
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