Usage Note
Paranormal follows regular adjective agreement: feminine paranormale, masculine plural paranormaux, feminine plural paranormales. It is used in French in the same range of contexts as in English — the paranormal (le paranormal) as a noun refers to the whole domain of supernatural phenomena. The prefix para- means 'beyond' or 'beside'.
Examples
"Elle s'interesse aux phenomenes paranormaux."
Natural Translation
She is interested in paranormal phenomena.

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