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An incantation is the word or words spoken to invoke a spell. Spells can be cast [[Nonverbal spell|non-verbally]] but the incantation still needs to be said in the head of the spellcaster. Most known incantations derive from the Latin language but there are a few which are English. Whether or not foreign wizards who can speak use the same incantations as English people or have incantations in their own language is not known, since there are no incantations mentioned used by the students from [[Beauxbatons]] and [[Durmstrang]] during the [[Triwizard Tournament]] or by any of the few foreign wizards (e.g. [[Igor Karkaroff]]) mentioned.

*''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]''