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Les superstitions

Le vocabulaire des superstitions

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superstitieux superstitious (m.)
superstitieuse superstitious (f.)
une apparition an apparition
un charme a charm
conjurer to conjure
crédule gullible
incrédule not gullible
croire à to believe in
démoniaque demonic
douter de to doubt
le doute doubt
ensorceler to bewitch
jeter un sort to cast a spell
exaucer un voeu to grant a wish
extraordinaire extraordinary
imaginer to imagine
l'imagination (f.) imagination
impossible impossible
inimaginable unimaginable
invoquer to invoke, call upon
juger to judge
l'alchimie (f.) alchemy
l'astrologie (f.) astrology
la chiromancie palmistry
la divination divination
la magie magic (noun)
magique magic (adjective)
la numérologie numerology
la réincarnation reincarnation
la sorcellerie sorcery
la télékinésie telekinesis
le bonheur happiness; good fortune
porter bonheur à to bring good luck to
le malheur unhappiness, misfortune
porter malheur à to bring bad luck to
Ça porte malheur. That brings bad luck.
Ça porte bonheur. That brings good luck.
le diable the devil
les lignes de la main the lines on your palms
métamorphoser en to transform into
miraculeux miraculous
mystique mystical
naïf naïve
la chance luck
le destin fate
prédire to predict
une prédiction a prediction
prendre au sérieux to take seriously
présager to predict
un présage an omen or sign
prévoir to foresee
sceptique skeptical
tirer une carte to pick/draw a card
tromper to deceive
une tromperie a trick, deception
un astrologue an astrologer
un charlatan a charlatan
un démon a demon
un devin a soothsayer
un enchantement an enchantment
un ensorceleur an enchanter
un escroc a swindler; a crook
un esprit a spirit
un fantôme a ghost
une sorcière a witch
un sorcier a sorcerer
un zombi a zombie
un loup-garou a werewolf
un gris-gris an amulet
un magicien a magician (m.)
une magicienne a magician (f.)
une malédiction a curse
un philtre a love potion
un rêve prémonitoire a premonitory dream
un signe a sign
un sortilège a spell
un souhait a wish
un voeu a wish
un vampire a vampire
une voyante a fortune teller
une baguette magique a magic wand
une fée a fairy
une formule magique a spell (magic words)
une illusion an illusion
une incantation an incantation
avoir de la chance to be lucky
avoir du bol to be lucky
avoir de la veine to be lucky
un trèfle à quatre feuilles a four-leaf clover
un fer à cheval a horseshoe
le surnaturel the supernatural
un chauve-souris a bat
avoir peur de to be afraid of
J'ai peur! I'm scared!
Je n'ai pas peur! I'm not afraid!
faire peur à to scare
effrayant scary, frightening
Created by: Fournierm
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