Spell

//spɛl//

Synonyms for "spell" (330 found)

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Closest matches (66)

Verb(1 words)
comprise

Strong matches (99)

Verb(3 words)
equalforebodeimport

Related words (165)

magnetismmalevolent influencemalocchiomeanmesmerismmesmerizeminutemomentmoment of truthmumbo-jumbonatural magicnecromancyobeahomenopportunityorthographizeoutspellparoxysmpatchpause
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29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

derived

39 entries

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

4 entries

is a

1 entries

manner of

5 entries

related to

26 entries

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Translations

387 translations across 72 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • yshtje noun (magical incantation)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • κήλημα noun (magical incantation)
  • μάγευμα noun (magical incantation)
  • ἐπαοιδή noun (magical incantation)
  • ἐπῳδή noun (magical incantation)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَعْوِيذَة noun (magical incantation)
  • تَهَجَّى verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • تَهَجَّى verb (to compose a word)
  • هَجَّى verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բառ կազմել verb (to compose a word)
  • հեգել verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Asturian

2 entries
  • delletriar verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • solletriar verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • cadu noun (magical incantation)
  • ovsun noun (magical incantation)
  • pitik noun (magical incantation)
  • sehr noun (magical incantation)

Basque

1 entries
  • letreiatu verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • заклинание noun (magical incantation)
  • кратко време noun (indefinite period of time)
  • обаяние noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • давам почивка verb (To give somebody or something rest)

Catalan

4 entries
  • conjur noun (magical incantation)
  • conjur noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • embruixament noun (magical incantation)
  • embruixament noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 串 verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 咒文 noun (magical incantation)
  • 咒語 /咒语 noun (magical incantation)
  • 陣 /阵 noun (indefinite period of time)
  • 拼 verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Czech

4 entries
  • kouzlo noun (magical incantation)
  • kouzlo noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • zaklínadlo noun (magical incantation)
  • zaříkadlo noun (magical incantation)

Danish

4 entries
  • besværgelse noun (magical incantation)
  • fortryllelse noun (magical incantation)
  • stave verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • stave verb (to compose a word)

Dutch

4 entries
  • betovering noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • toverspreuk noun (magical incantation)
  • betekenen verb (to indicate that some future event will occur)
  • invallen voor verb (to work in place of someone)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • H-kA:Y1 noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • sorĉo noun (magical incantation)
  • literumi verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • literumi verb (to compose a word)

Estonian

2 entries
  • loits noun (magical incantation)
  • veerima verb (to compose a word)

Faroese

1 entries
  • stavseta verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jakso noun (indefinite period of time)
  • kirous noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • loitsu noun (magical incantation)
  • lumous noun (magical effect of such incantation)

French

4 entries
  • charme noun (magical incantation)
  • charme noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • formule magique noun (magical incantation)
  • maléfice noun (magical incantation)

Friulian

1 entries
  • fature noun (magical incantation)

Galician

2 entries
  • encantamento noun (magical incantation)
  • feitizo noun (magical incantation)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დამარცვლით კითხვა verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • სიტყვების შედგენა verb (to compose a word)

German

4 entries
  • Weilchen noun (indefinite period of time)
  • Weile noun (indefinite period of time)
  • Zauber noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • Zauberformel noun (magical incantation)

Greek

4 entries
  • ξόρκι noun (magical incantation)
  • περίοδος noun (indefinite period of time)
  • γράφω ορθογραφημένα verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • γράφω ορθογραφημένα verb (to compose a word)

Hawaiian

3 entries
  • hoʻokuʻi verb (to compose a word)
  • pela verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • pela verb (to compose a word)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • כִּשּׁוּף noun (magical incantation)
  • לַחַשׁ noun (magical incantation)
  • איית verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • איית verb (to compose a word)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bűbáj noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • varázs noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • varázsige noun (magical incantation)
  • varázslat noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • galdraþula noun (magical incantation)
  • álög noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • stafa verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • stafa verb (to compose a word)

Ido

1 entries
  • espelar verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • mantra noun (magical incantation)
  • mengeja verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • noitasana noun (magical incantation)
  • taika noun (magical incantation)

Interlingua

4 entries
  • breve periodo noun (indefinite period of time)
  • formula magic noun (magical incantation)
  • incantamento noun (magical incantation)
  • incantamento noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Irish

4 entries
  • briocht draíochta noun (magical incantation)
  • briocht draíochta noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • draíocht noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • geis noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Italian

4 entries
  • fattura noun (magical incantation)
  • fattura noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • formula magica noun (magical incantation)
  • incantesimo noun (magical incantation)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 呪文 noun (magical incantation)
  • 綴る verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • 綴る verb (to compose a word)

Khalaj

2 entries
  • afsûn noun (magical incantation)
  • əfsûn noun (magical incantation)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រកប verb (to compose a word)

Korean

4 entries
  • 마력 noun (magical incantation)
  • 주문 noun (magical incantation)
  • 한동안 noun (indefinite period of time)
  • 한참 noun (indefinite period of time)

Latin

4 entries
  • cantamen noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • cantio noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • cantiō noun (magical incantation)
  • cantāmen noun (magical incantation)

Latvian

4 entries
  • burvestība noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • burvju vārdi noun (magical incantation)
  • īss laika sprīdis noun (indefinite period of time)
  • aizvietot verb (to work in place of someone)

Malay

4 entries
  • jampi noun (magical incantation)
  • mantera noun (magical incantation)
  • mengeja verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • mengeja verb (to compose a word)

Middle English

2 entries
  • charme noun (magical incantation)
  • conjurisoun noun (magical incantation)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • үсэглэх verb (to compose a word)

Māori

4 entries
  • tūāmoe noun (indefinite period of time)
  • takikupu verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • tātaki verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • tātaki verb (to compose a word)

Norman

3 entries
  • charme noun (magical incantation)
  • charme noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • chorchéthon noun (magical incantation)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • besvergelse noun (magical incantation)
  • formel noun (magical incantation)
  • trylleformel noun (magical incantation)
  • stave verb (to compose a word)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • stave verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • stava verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Old English

2 entries
  • gealdor noun (magical incantation)
  • areccan bocstafas verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Persian

3 entries
  • طلسم noun (magical incantation)
  • املاء کردن verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • هجی کردن verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Polish

4 entries
  • choroba noun (period of illness, outburst of bad spirits)
  • czar noun (magical incantation)
  • czar noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • krótki okres noun (indefinite period of time)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • breve período noun (indefinite period of time)
  • encantamento noun (magical incantation)
  • encantamento noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • encanto noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Romanian

4 entries
  • descântec noun (magical incantation)
  • descântătură noun (magical incantation)
  • farmec noun (magical incantation)
  • farmec noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Russian

4 entries
  • вре́мя noun (indefinite period of time)
  • за́говор noun (magical incantation)
  • заклина́ние noun (magical incantation)
  • интерва́л noun (indefinite period of time)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • spealag noun (indefinite period of time)
  • ùine noun (indefinite period of time)
  • litrich verb (to compose a word)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pisati verb (to compose a word)
  • sricati verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Slovene

3 entries
  • urok noun (magical incantation)
  • urok noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • črkovati verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Spanish

4 entries
  • berrinche noun (period of illness, outburst of bad spirits)
  • brujería noun (magical incantation)
  • conjuración noun (magical incantation)
  • conjuración noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Swahili

1 entries
  • endeleza verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Swedish

4 entries
  • besvärjelse noun (magical incantation)
  • besvärjelse noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • trollformel noun (magical incantation)
  • trollformel noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tawal noun (magical incantation)

Thai

2 entries
  • สะกด verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • สะกด verb (to compose a word)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • ངན་སྔགས noun (magical incantation)
  • ངན་སྔགས noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • མཐུ་སྔགས noun (magical incantation)
  • རྨོངས་བྱེད noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • näsait noun (magical incantation)
  • näsait noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Turkish

4 entries
  • büyü noun (magical incantation)
  • tılsım noun (magical incantation)
  • hecelemek verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)
  • kodlamak verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • заклина́ння noun (magical incantation)
  • закля́ття noun (magical incantation)
  • закля́ття noun (magical effect of such incantation)
  • ча́ри noun (magical effect of such incantation)

Urdu

4 entries
  • جادو noun (magical incantation)
  • سحر noun (magical incantation)
  • منتر noun (magical incantation)
  • ٹونا noun (magical incantation)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thần chú noun (magical incantation)
  • đánh vần verb (to compose a word)

Walloon

1 entries
  • speli verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Welsh

3 entries
  • sbel noun (indefinite period of time)
  • swyn noun (magical incantation)
  • sillafu verb (to compose a word)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אויסלייגן verb (to write or say the letters that form a word)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

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How do you spell "pretty"?

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A cold spell gripped Europe.

Source: tatoeba (21119)

We have had a long spell of cold weather.

Source: tatoeba (21173)

The wicked witch cast an evil spell on the man and turned him into an insect.

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