A Muggle is a non-magical person. Rowling’s boggarts are perhaps a subclass of the original boggart, which dates back to the 1500s and is used to refer merely to a ghost: Of boggarts the Rev. The resident ghost is Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as Nearly Headless Nick. Substance produced by the Philosopher's Stone that will make the drinker immortal. Specialist wizarding magazine about Transfiguration. Created by. For example, ‘Locomotor trunk’. Bronze wizarding money. Incantation for a restraining spell that magically binds a person tightly with rope. A receptionist, such as at St Mungo's Hospital, who deals with visitors' enquiries. Water demon. Mandrake is part of the nightshade family, which means it (like other nightshades) can be poisonous. There is an earlier muggle that is no longer used: it was a synonym of sweetheart. Street of wizard shops devoted to the Dark Arts. In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a beautiful man who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. In fact, arithmancy was common enough that the word arithmancy has an entry in a very early English dictionary: Arithmancy (Gr.) Quidditch player who tries to knock the Bludgers towards the opposing team. Anyone jinxed by the incantation ‘Petrificus Totalus’ becomes completely rigid, as if turned to stone. The French translation of the first Harry Potter book, translated by Jean-François Ménard, was released October 9, 1998: Harry Potter à l’école des sorciers (Gallimard). (You can read about the many historical Luciuses at Encylopaedia Brittanica.). Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets. But there are other magical words Rowling uses that may pass you by. Dumbledore, the name given to the headmaster of Hogwarts and one of the preeminent wizards of the Potter universe, is an 18th-century word for a bumblebee: What is the burnie-bee? Camouflages a person by making them the exact colour and texture of the surrounding environment. Harry and Ron frequently refer to it as ‘Spew’, much to Hermione’s annoyance. Une bande-annonce en espagnol The resident ghost is the Bloody Baron. Transfiguration, or the magical art of changing one thing into another, is difficult and exacting work. The line-up includes guitars, drums, lute, cello and bagpipes. Rowling’s Apparition is related to the magical verb apparate (which means “to perform Apparition”), and the mundane apparition comes ultimately the Latin verb apparere, which means “to appear.”, “I do hope they start right away, there's so much to learn, I'm particularly interested in Transfiguration, you know, turning something into something else, of course, it's supposed to be very difficult...” —Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 1998 (US release). Class at Hogwarts to learn how to make potions. In the Harry Potter world, squibs are rarer than wizards and witches who are born to Muggle parents. Its Headquarters is in number twelve, Grimmauld Place. - 30 fiches d´activités: mots à reconstituer - 3 versions : majuscule, minuscule ou cursive.-30 cartes à pince - Retrouver l´illustration qui correspond au mot - 3 écritures. Invented by Fred and George Weasley. The kiss of a Dementor will suck out a human's soul, leaving an emotionless shell. But unlike magical transfiguration, the earliest real-world use of transfiguration referred to a great mystery: Of the transfiguracioun of oure lord Jesu in the hille. Albus Dumbledore has a phoenix companion, Fawkes. Its incantation ‘Reducto’ reduces a solid object to dust. A security guard, such as Eric Munch at the Ministry of Magic, who registers every wand brought into the building. Spell that adds properties to an object or person. You’ve probably already figured out that Rowling also used the suffix -mancy in naming two other types of magic that are important to the series: occlumency, or the magical art of shielding one’s thoughts (a likely blend of the word occlude, or “to hide,” with a slightly altered -mancy); and its comparative term, legilimency, or the magical art of reading one’s mind (heavily influenced by the word legible, or “capable of being read,” with the altered -mancy). Les romans d'Harry Potter utilisent un vocabulaire particulier. One of the trick sweets invented by Fred and George Weasley in their seventh year at Hogwarts. But Rowling wasn't the first to coin the word muggle. The Triwizard Tournament was first established some 700 years ago. Wizarding playing cards which shuffle themselves. William Thornber observes that there were several different kinds, having their haunts in that part of the Fylde near Blackpool; as, for instance, the wandering ghost of the homicide or the suicide; that of the steward of injustice, or that of the victim of a cruel murder; again the lubber-fiends, the horse-boggarts, and the house-boggarts, or industrious, yet mischievous imps, haunting dwellings. The Harry Potter world is divided into the magical and the mundane, and J.K. Rowling created an entire vocabulary to separate the wizarding world from the Muggle world. They have a history of violence and warring among themselves. Professor McGonagall is the head of Gryffindor house and Professor Dumbledore was in Gryffindor in his youth. Apprendre l’espagnol grâce à Harry Potter. These come in pairs and are the size of a paperback book. Must be caught by a Seeker to end the match. A potion to calm anxiety and sooth agitation, but heavy-handedness with the ingredients could put the drinker into a deep and sometimes irreversible sleep. Rat-like shore-dwelling creature with an anemone-like growth on its back, which can be pickled and eaten. They make you smoke at the mouth. Evil creature that roams the night feeding on the blood of living beings. 'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'? Plant used in potions. A carnivorous plant that reaches out its tendrils to strangle anyone who touches it. The name Nagini is the feminine form of the Sanskrit word nāga, which means “snake." Wizard confectionery that contains Famous Witches and Wizards cards. It is impossible to Apparate or Disapparate within Hogwarts. Small, golden ball with silver wings used in Quidditch. If prodded it squirts out thick, slimy, dark-green jets of non-poisonous Stinksap which smells like rancid manure. It is smaller than Hogwarts but has more extensive grounds. 1616); it can be used technically to refer to the sudden appearance of a celestial body after being hidden or occluded (“This is the start of Mercury's best apparition of the year for midnorthern readers.” —Fred Schaaf, Sky & Telescope, April 1995); or, indeed, of anything that seems to suddenly appear (“As a distant ridge is approached from afar, it may appear at first as an apparition on the horizon, then as a dark somber slope...” —Thomas & Geraldine Vale, U.S. 40 Today, 1983). Transition is painful. Not completely reliable as they can be fooled. La salle commune se situe sous le lac noir. The room will then appear fully equipped with all their immediate requirements. Her name also goes back to ancient Rome, where it appears in the Aeneid to describe a woman warrior. The editor is Luna Lovegood's father. Breed of winged horse, skeletal with black coat and pupil-less white eyes in a dragonish head; visible only by those who have witnessed a death. The Black family put every known security measure and sealing jinx on the house and Albus Dumbledore added his own protection to make it a safe house. Also known as the Room of Requirement, it is on the seventh floor of Hogwarts, opposite the Barnabus the Barmy tapestry. Rowling gives a sense of history in her world with the use of names, and especially the names of older witches and wizards, or of old wizarding families. The magical ability to extract thoughts, feelings and memories from another person's mind. Among those words was Muggle. A long cobbled street filled with the most fascinating wizarding shops in the world. His name is the basis for the word narcissism, which generally refers to excessive egotism, but which can also refer to a psychological condition. Potion that will transform the drinker into another person for a period of time. Half-man, half-horse creatures. Naughty little fairies that create havoc. It accelerates from nought to seventy in ten seconds. Large tree in the grounds of Hogwarts that hits anything that comes too close to it. A tattered black curtain that flutters continuously and mysteriously in a crumbling stone archway on a dais in one of the rooms in the Department of Mysteries. Pupils attend from age eleven for seven years of rigorous training in the art of witchcraft and wizardry. Il est donc assez facile de se lancer dans cette histoire “simplement” pour acquérir du vocabulaire, même si ce sera moins facile que si vous connaissez et aimez l’univers d’Harry Potter. One of the three Unforgivable Curses. It’s not an unregulated form of magical transportation: readers discovered in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that a wizard or witch needs a license to Apparate (or, use Apparition). Vous pouvez créer vos listes de vocabulaire ou utiliser celles partagées They work for the Improper Use of Magic Office. A human (wizard or Muggle) who, as a result of being bitten by another werewolf, takes the form of a wolf during every full moon. Species of worm that Harry and his friends have to keep alive in order to pass in their Care of Magical Creatures lessons. Legendary stone which will transform any metal into pure gold. The form of each Patronus is particular to an individual witch or wizard, each of whom produces theirs with the Patronus Charm by saying the incantation ‘Expecto Patronum’ while thinking a strong happy thought. A spell that makes your wand function as a compass, using the incantation ‘Point Me’. Golden Snitch. Croatian: Pivoslac (pivo = beer, maslac = butter) 6. It is accompanied by a loud crack sound, and there is always a risk of Splinching. Accessible through the Leaky Cauldron pub in London. 'Nagini' is the feminine form of the word. In St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries the Healers wear lime-green robes with a crossed wand and bone emblem embroidered on the front. It can only be entered by people with a real need, who must walk past the part of wall three times while concentrating on what they need. A gas that catches people by the neck if they pass through it. It had passed out of use by the 1700s. The word pixie came into English in the 1500s from southwest England, where Cornwall is—though our early evidence for the word in print comes more from Devonshire, the county next to Cornwall: I shall by some be thought to lead you in a pixy-path by telling an old tale. It was founded by Godric Gryffindor and the Gryffindor coat of arms features a lion. School of witchcraft and wizardry somewhere in Europe. The station in London where the Hogwarts Express leaves from platform nine and three-quarters. Someone who has had a secret concealed within them using the Fidelius Charm to keep the secret safe until they choose to reveal it. Un Horcruxe est un objet fictif issu de la saga Harry Potter.C'est un objet très maléfique et sombre dans lequel un sorcier dissimule une partie de son âme, cela le rend donc immortel lorsque son corps vient à se détruire. The only known stone belongs to Nicholas Flamel, Albus Dumbledore's alchemy partner. Someone who despite being born into a wizarding family has little or no magical ability. A black leather case containing a jar of Fleetwood's High-Finish Handle Polish, Tail-Twig Clippers, brass compass and a Handbook of Do-it-Yourself Broomcare. Delivered to your inbox! Not all magical acts in the Harry Potter world involve telling the future. They wear bright orange and black robes and are ninth in the League at the start of Harry's second year. The wizarding national sport. Device resembling cigarette lighter, used to turn street lamps on and off. Sickly green with sharp horns and very long fingers. Gravity. What about Rowling? Incantation that reveals the most recent spell or spells a wand has performed. A white fire-dwelling lizard that feeds on flame, and appears to be blue or scarlet depending on the heat of the fire it is in. True heir to Salazar Slytherin who can open the Chamber of Secrets to release the horror within. —Fi Rooney, quoted in The Daily Mirror (Ireland), 17 July 2016. Class taken at Hogwarts that teaches students how to look after magical creatures. They can slither under doors to enable the owner to overhear conversations from a distance, but they can't get past an Imperturbable Charm. —John Harland and T. T. Wilkinson, Lancashire Folk-Lore: Illustrative of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Local Customs, and Usages of the People of the County Palatine, 1867. Incantation that reverses the effect created by the incantation ‘Sonorus’. Inside, it looks like a house of the Darkest of wizards. In Harry's fifth year, Professor Snape is surprised when Harry uses this charm to successfully repel his use of Legilimens. (Hermione was, as usual, beyond right about the mandrake: the word mandrake is actually a shortening of mandragora, an earlier name for the plant that comes from Greek.) A flower. Is she somehow implying that Albus Dumbledore is lazy or dull? Ancient physicians, then, suggested that mandrakes be harvested by tying a cord around the plant and attaching that cord to a dog, who would then pull up the plant and die instead of its master. Fills the room with bluebell-coloured bubbles that last for about half an hour. The incantation to magically reveal hidden writing or markings. Unknown creatures that Luna Lovegood believes often infest mistletoe. Intensely loyal to wizards and ferocious towards Muggles. The most important feature of the wizarding world is not it flora or fauna, but magic itself. The pieces squirt a stinky substance into other players' faces when they lose a point. Vocabulaire dans Harry Potter Les romans d' Harry Potter utilisent un vocabulaire particulier. Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone. Arithmancy is one such word. Sign of the Death Eaters: a skull with a serpent emerging from its mouth. Stone taken from the stomach of a goat. A map that shows all the secret passageways and the current whereabouts of everyone in Hogwarts. One such creature is a major player in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: the basilisk. A bezoar will counteract the majority of poisons. Take, for instance, one of the most prominent wizarding families in the entire series: the Malfoys. Number twelve is Sirius Black's family house and Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, which no one can enter unless a secret keeper has personally told them its whereabouts. The Sanskrit word was borrowed into English in the late 1700s, and showed up in translations of Buddhist and Hindu texts. 1984336, Registered Office: 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP. Albus Dumbledore founded this association of witches and wizards to fight against Lord Voldemort. Small creature that works as a servant in some wizarding houses. The Latin word bellatrix is the feminine form of the Latin word bellator, which means “warrior”; both belletrix and bellator stem from the Latin word for war, bellum. Werewolves are dangerous but the disability can be managed to avoid passing on the condition to others. The wizarding version of marbles. A medieval forerunner of chemistry, alchemy developed out of experiments to find a method of turning base metals into gold, and of making an elixir of life that would prolong life indefinitely. Pub in Hogsmeade where Hagrid once won a dragon's egg, and where Harry and other Hogwarts students meet in his fifth year to discuss forming the Dumbledore's Army. Wizarding fireworks and one of Fred and George Weasley's favourite jokes. They multiply rapidly by laying up to five hundred eggs at a time. Bubotuber pus is used to cure acne, but undiluted it can cause sores and boils. nlankford706. Incantation for the spell to conjure a sling for a broken limb. Must be stroked down the spine or it will bite your fingers. —Barnaby Rudge, 1841). However, they are able to see Dementors. Professional Dark-wizard catcher. Almost all of his laws were repealed in the early 6th century BC, and his name lives on in the word draconian, which means “cruel” and “severe.”, Draco is also the Latin word for “serpent,” and the origin of the word dragon. Small wizarding toy ─ a spinning glass top that lights up when there is somebody or something suspicious around. Incantation for the Shield Charm that usually deflects only minor curses. —Thomas Blount, Glossographia: Or A Dictionarie Interpreting Hard Words, 1661. Can accelerate from 0 to 150 miles per hour in ten seconds. A very fast broomstick, sleek and shiny with a mahogany handle. Use of a Portkey should be authorised by the Ministry of Magic. Home where Harry's parents, Lily and James Potter, lived. Used by Albus Dumbledore. —The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick), 29 Aug. 2016. or a person who doesn't have expertise or experience in a field: You always get what I would call "muggles"—people who aren't in the fell burlesque community. (In the Potter universe, those who see a basilisk indirectly—reflected in a mirror or a puddle, for instance—are not killed outright, but are merely turned to stone.). One end of a double-ended chew makes you ill, the other restores you to full fitness. The star likely gained its name as a Latin translation of the Arabic name for the star, al-najid, meaning “the conqueror.”, Draco Malfoy is Harry’s contemporary and the only son of Lucius and Narcissa. The original religious meaning of transfiguration is still the most common, but that may change. A double-ended chew invented by Fred and George Weasley for their Skiving Snackboxes. Bellatrix Lestrange is Narcissa’s sister, a fiercely loyal (and notorious) servant of Voldemort: I was and am the Dark Lord's most loyal servant. Magical incantation for a spell that seals doors. Invented by the Weasley twins, Fred and George, these spying devices look like long pieces of flesh-coloured string. Les règles sont les mêmes que la bataille navale, les mots remplacent les navires. La succession des notions étudiées est restée la même, ce sont les mots proposés qui sont différents. Its use is restricted by the Ministry of Magic. Wizarding card game, made more interesting than the Muggle version, given the chance that it could blow up at any moment. Monkey-like creatures that live in water and strangle people who invade their ponds. Incantation used to transform an object into a Portkey. The Unofficial Harry Potter Vocabulary Builder: Learn the 3, 000 Hardest Words from All Seven Books and Enjoy the Series More [Van Young, Sayre] on Amazon.com. When excited or angry, they make a distinctive clicking sound and secrete poison. Purveyors of Dark artefacts; this shop is located in Knockturn Alley. Wizard police from the Magical Law Enforcement Squad who are specially trained to deal with powerful criminals. A giant black dog taken to be an omen of death. Wizarding sweets. —Thomas Middleton, Your Fiue Gallants As It Hath Beene Often In Action At The Black-Friers, 1608. The greatest witches and wizards of the age founded Hogwarts more than a thousand years ago: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. For example, the incantation ‘Accio Firebolt’ would cause the required broomstick to fly into the hand of the person using the charm. Played with four balls: the Quaffle (red) is used for scoring; two Bludgers (black) which try to knock players off their brooms; one Golden Snitch (bright gold with silver wings). Learn. Boggart appears to be related to the Middle English word for a scarecrow. The word mandrake came into English in the 14th century to describe a root that supposedly had magical properties. Available at Honeydukes in Hogsmeade. Founder members included: Sirius Black, Edgar Bones (deceased), Caradoc Dearborn (vanished), Dedalus Diggle, Elphias Doge, Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore, Benjy Fenwick, Rubeus Hagrid, Frank and Alice Longbottom (tortured into madness), Remus Lupin, Marlene McKinnon, Dorcas Meadowes (killed by Voldemort), Sturgis Podmore, James and Lily Potter (deceased), brothers Gideon and Fabian Prewett (deceased), and Emmeline Vance. The best school of its kind in the world. Members of the Order must be over 17 and have left school. Lucius is a first name that dates back to ancient Rome, where it was a common first name derived from the word for “light” (lux). See also, Fainting Fancies, Puking Pastilles, Nosebleed Nougat. Subject taught at Hogwarts to teach young witches and wizards how to defend themselves against harmful hexes, jinxes and spells, as well as against witches and wizards who use the Dark Arts. It serves as the discreet entrance to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. Of course, Rowling drew from the rich tradition of English sprites and imps when crafting the Potter universe. The three Unforgivable Curses are: the Killing Curse (‘Avada Kedavra’), which kills instantly; the Imperius Curse (‘Imperio’), which takes complete control of another person; and the Cruciatus Curse (‘Crucio’), which inflicts torture. A house-elf can only be set free when its master or mistress gives the elf a piece of clothing. Il permet de travailler la concentration et le vocabulaire du livre. One of the school houses in Hogwarts. Hogwarts is in a secret location somewhere in the North of the United Kingdom. The large snake that accompanies Voldemort, Nagini, shares a name with the great semi-divine serpentine creatures that are sometimes worshiped (and sometimes feared) in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. How many of these commonly confused words do you know? A spell put on an area, such as a door or window, to monitor any suspicious movement. Les enfants l’ont adoré et ils y jouent encore régulièrement. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Registered in England No. Magical glass ball, the size of a large marble, filled with white smoke. Narcissa is the feminine of Narcissus, and there are hints of egotism in Narcissa Malfoy, who seems to be more concerned with the protection of her own family and interests than with doing whatever it takes to see Voldemort come to power. Professor Snape is a superb Occlumens and Legilimens, as is Lord Voldemort. Tel: +44(0)20 7631 5600, Fax: +44 (0)20 7631 5800, This website uses cookies to improve user experience. Carthorse-sized and carnivorous, they have eight legs and sharp pincers. The tie between the word squib and disappointment only grew as time went on: the phrase damp squib was coined later to refer to someone or something that promised much, but delivered very little: We don’t like to believe that we have taken so much time and trouble with nothing but a damp squib after all. Set your young readers up for lifelong success, 10 Words and Phrases with Nautical Origins, Study Up With Our Official SCRABBLE Dictionary.