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hanté

haunted

adjective ahn-TEH Rare
Mind & Emotions Values

Usage Note

Hanté is the past participle of hanter used as an adjective. It agrees in gender: hantée (f.). Beyond the literal sense of a ghost-haunted place (une maison hantée, 'a haunted house'), hanter is used figuratively: un souvenir qui le hante ('a memory that haunts him'). The English 'haunt' was in fact borrowed from Old French hanter, not the reverse.

Examples

"La vieille maison est réputée hantée."

Natural Translation

The old house is said to be haunted.

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