poltergeist

See also: Poltergeist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Poltergeist, from poltern (“to rumble”) +‎ Geist (“ghost”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊl.tɚˌɡaɪst/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒl.tə.ɡaɪst/

Noun

poltergeist (plural poltergeists or poltergeister)

An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
A poltergeist haunts the house by moving objects around, making chain-rattling noises and throwing things.

The chapel is haunted by a demonic poltergeist.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:ghost

Derived terms

Translations

a disruptive ghost

Arabic: رُوح شَرِيرَة‎ f (rūḥ šarīra)
Bulgarian: полтъргайст m (poltǎrgajst)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 騷靈現象, 骚灵现象 (sāolíng xiànxiàng), 騷靈, 骚灵 (sāolíng)
Czech: poltergeist m
Dutch: klopgeest (nl) m, poltergeest m
Esperanto: poltergejsto
Finnish: räyhähenki, poltergeist, kummitus (fi)
French: esprit frappeur (fr) m, poltergeist (fr) m
Georgian: პოლტერგეისტი (ṗolṭergeisṭi)
German: Poltergeist (de) m, Klopfgeist m
Hungarian: kopogó szellem
Italian: poltergeist m
Japanese: ポルターガイスト現象 (porutāgaisuto genshō), ポルターガイスト (porutāgaisuto)

Korean: 폴터가이스트 (polteogaiseuteu)
Latvian: poltergeists
Lithuanian: poltergeistas
Norwegian: poltergeist, bankeånd
Polish: poltergeist (pl)
Portuguese: poltergeist m
Russian: полтерге́йст (ru) m (poltɛrgéjst)
Spanish: poltergeist (es) m
Swedish: poltergeist c
Ukrainian: полтергейст m (polterhéjst)
Vietnamese: yêu tinh (vi)
Volapük: nokamalanan

Portuguese

Noun

poltergeist m (plural poltergeists)

(parapsychology) poltergeist (a disruptive ghost)

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