occult

occultisme

Croyances et pratiques liées à la magie, aux esprits et à des pouvoirs mystérieux supposés dépasser les lois naturelles.

En anglais simple : Magic, spirits, and mysterious powers or practices believed to go beyond the natural world.

• He is interested in the occult.
• The library has several books on the occult.
• Her research explores the occult in nineteenth-century fiction.

Comment l'utiliser : the occult (She studies the occult and its influence on art.)

Expressions courantes : the occult, study the occult, interest in the occult

occulte

Présent en quantité trop faible pour être visible, mais détectable par un test chimique.

En anglais simple : Present but too small to see, and found using a chemical test.

• The test found occult blood in the sample.
• Doctors checked the stool for occult blood.
• Occult blood cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Expressions courantes : occult blood, occult blood test

occulte, caché

Présent dans le corps, mais difficile à repérer lors d’un examen ordinaire.

En anglais simple : Present in the body but hidden or difficult to notice during an ordinary examination.

• The scan revealed an occult fracture.
• Doctors suspected an occult injury after the fall.
• Further tests identified an occult tumour.

Synonymes : hidden, undetected

Expressions courantes : occult fracture, occult tumour, occult injury

occulte, caché

Présent dans le corps, mais difficile à repérer lors d’un examen ordinaire.

En anglais simple : Present in the body but hidden or difficult to notice during an ordinary examination.

• The scan revealed an occult fracture.
• Doctors suspected an occult injury after the fall.
• Further tests identified an occult tumour.

Synonymes : hidden, undetected

Expressions courantes : occult fracture, occult tumour, occult injury

occulte, caché

Présent dans le corps, mais difficile à repérer lors d’un examen ordinaire.

En anglais simple : Present in the body but hidden or difficult to notice during an ordinary examination.

• The scan revealed an occult fracture.
• Doctors suspected an occult injury after the fall.
• Further tests identified an occult tumour.

Synonymes : hidden, undetected

Expressions courantes : occult fracture, occult tumour, occult injury

occulter

Cacher quelque chose en passant ou en se plaçant devant.

En anglais simple : To hide something from view by passing or standing in front of it.

• The planet will occult the star tonight.
• Astronomers watched the Moon occult a distant star.
• The smaller object was occulted by the larger one.

Synonymes : obscure, hide, conceal

Contraires : reveal

Expressions courantes : occult a star, occult the moon