witchcraft

sorcellerie

Utilisation de sorts ou de pouvoirs surnaturels pour agir sur les événements ou connaître l’avenir.

En anglais simple : Using spells or powers beyond nature to affect events or learn what will happen.

• The novel describes a school of witchcraft.
• He collected books about spells and witchcraft.
• Modern witchcraft takes different forms in different communities.

Synonymes : sorcery, magic

Expressions courantes : practice witchcraft, modern witchcraft, belief in witchcraft

sorcellerie

Pratiques magiques utilisant des sorts et des plantes, souvent liées aux anciennes croyances européennes sur la nature et les esprits.

En anglais simple : Magical practices with spells and herbs, often linked to old European beliefs about nature and spirits.

• She read about herbs used in witchcraft.
• The festival included a talk on European witchcraft traditions.
• Some people practice witchcraft as part of their beliefs about nature.

Synonymes : sorcery

Expressions courantes : practice witchcraft, traditional witchcraft, witchcraft ritual

magie noire, sorcellerie

Magie censée servir à faire du mal aux gens ou à provoquer des malheurs.

En anglais simple : Magic believed to be used to hurt people or cause bad things to happen.

• They blamed his illness on witchcraft.
• The villagers feared that witchcraft had destroyed their crops.
• She was accused of witchcraft after a neighbor’s death.

Synonymes : black magic

Expressions courantes : evil witchcraft, accused of witchcraft, fear of witchcraft