sortilège

/sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les sortilèges

Meaning

  1. spell, curse

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

malédiction

malédiction and sortilège are close synonyms for "curse"; sortilège also more broadly means "spell," magic in general.

Similar in other languages

English

trance

Close — a spell, curse relates to a trance.

Practice

1 What does sortilège mean?

2 Fill the gap: La sorcière jette un ___ sur le château.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sortilège?

noun

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