THE CANTERVILLE GHOST GLOSSARY

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Italian French
afraid (adjective) preoccupato soucieux
cemetery (noun) cimitero cimetière

death (noun)

morte mort

fear (noun)

paura peur

frightening (adjective)

spaventoso apeurant

ghost (noun)

fantasma fantome

horrible (adjective)

orribile horrible

incredible (adjective)

incredibile incroyable

living-dead (noun)

morto vivente mort-vivant

monster (noun)

mostro monstre

oppressing (adjective)

oppressivo oppressif

scary (adjective)

terrificante effrayant

startle (noun)

sorpresa surprise

strange (adjective)

strano ètrange

supernatural (adjective)

soprannaturale surnaturel

unexplainable (adjective)

inspiegabile inexpicable
mystery (noun) mistero mystère
hearse (noun) carro funebre corbillard

cry (noun)

to cry (verb)

urlo

urlare

pleur/cri

pleurer/crier

blue blood (noun) sangue blu sang bleu
chains (noun) catene chaîne
depression (noun) depressione dépression
headless (adjective) decapitato sans tête
counterfeit (noun) imitazione, contraffazione contrefait
spook (noun) spettro spectre

stab (noun)

to stab (verb)

pugnale

pugnalare

couteau

poignarder

armour (noun) armatura armure
lubrificator (noun) lubrificante
stain remover (noun) smacchiatore détachant
blood-stain (noun) macchia di sangue tache de sang
middle-aged (adjective) di mezza età l'âge mûr
coffin (noun) bara cercueil
tomb stone (noun) pietra tombale o lapide pierre de tombeau
grave (noun) tomba tombeau
 

By Lucia and Melissa,  Karima and Amina