psychic

voyant, voyante

Personne censée connaître des choses grâce à des pouvoirs inhabituels plutôt qu’avec ses sens ordinaires.

En anglais simple : Someone believed to know things through unusual powers rather than through ordinary senses.

• She visited a psychic.
• The psychic predicted a change in his life.
• Do you believe psychics can read minds?

Synonymes : clairvoyant

Expressions courantes : consult a psychic, a famous psychic

médium

Personne censée pouvoir communiquer avec les personnes décédées.

En anglais simple : Someone believed to be able to communicate with people who have died.

• The psychic claimed to hear spirits.
• They asked a psychic to contact their dead father.
• Several psychics offered messages from deceased relatives.

Synonymes : medium

Expressions courantes : a psychic medium, visit a psychic

psychique, extrasensoriel

Qui possède ou concerne des pouvoirs supposés permettant de connaître des choses cachées ou futures sans les sens ordinaires.

En anglais simple : Having or involving powers to know hidden things or future events without using ordinary senses.

• She claims to have psychic powers.
• His psychic abilities supposedly helped him find lost objects.
• Are you psychic, or did someone tell you?

Synonymes : clairvoyant, extrasensory

Expressions courantes : psychic powers, psychic abilities, psychic reading