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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
phantom en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfæntəm/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Hellenic *-mə
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)bor.
Latin phantasma
Old French fantosmebor.
Middle English fantome
English phantom
Inherited from Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Illusive.
[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”
1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
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(not-comparable) Fictitious or nonexistent.
Forms
Deriveds
phantom abandoned call · phantom crane fly · phantom debt · phantom island · phantom stock · phantom settlement · phantom withdrawal · phantom power · phantom midge · phantom punch · phantom shiner · phantomness · phantom pregnancy · phantom tumour · phantom reference · phantom limb · phantom energy · phantom type · phantom circuit · phantom call · phantom jam · phantom bone disease · phantom eye syndrome · phantom pain · phantom goal
Translations (8)
it immaginaria (unreal or fictitious) · ru фантомный (unreal or fictitious) · ru иллюзорный (unreal or fictitious) · it immaginario (unreal or fictitious) · it irreale (unreal or fictitious) · bg илюзорен (unreal or fictitious) · ru нереальный (unreal or fictitious) · mi mariko (unreal or fictitious)
phantom en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfæntəm/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Hellenic *-mə
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)bor.
Latin phantasma
Old French fantosmebor.
Middle English fantome
English phantom
Inherited from Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A ghost or apparition.
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(countable, uncountable) Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
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(countable, uncountable) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
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(countable, qualifier:imaging, uncountable) A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, uncountable) Short for phantom power
Forms
Deriveds
phantom vibration syndrome · phantomist · phantomism · phantomize · phantomish · phantom word · phantomship · phantomization · phantom orchid · phantomry · giant phantom jelly · phantomic · phantom powering · phantomy · quintom · phantom share · phantomlike · phantomwise · phantogram
Relateds
fantasy
Synonyms
ghost
Translations (51)
eo fantomo (something having no physical reality) · pt fantoma (test object) · sux 𒆤 (something having no physical reality) · pt fantasma (something having no physical reality) · ja 幻 (something having no physical reality) · bg привиде́ние (something having no physical reality) · sux 𒈠𒊬 (something having no physical reality) · ru при́зрак (something having no physical reality) · sv fantom (something having no physical reality) · mi pō-mārikoriko (something having no physical reality) · fr fantôme (something having no physical reality) · hi प्रेत (something having no physical reality) · ar شَبَح (something having no physical reality) · fi aave (something having no physical reality) · ru фанто́м (something having no physical reality) · da fantom (something having no physical reality) · it fantasma (something having no physical reality) · sux 𒋝𒋝 (something having no physical reality) · grc φάντασμα (something having no physical reality) · es fantasma (something having no physical reality) · mi mariko (something having no physical reality) · ru привиде́ние (something having no physical reality) · sc pantùma (something having no physical reality) · enm fantome (something having no physical reality) · cs přízrak (something having no physical reality) · fa-ira شبح (something having no physical reality) · nb fantom (something having no physical reality) · sux 𒄇 (something having no physical reality) · it spettro (something having no physical reality) · mi pō-mariko (something having no physical reality) · el Φαντομάς (something having no physical reality) · pdt Spuak (something having no physical reality) · hy ուրվական (something having no physical reality) · ga amhailt (something having no physical reality) · ro fantomă (something having no physical reality) · ca fantasma (something having no physical reality) · bg илю́зия (something having no physical reality) · tl bibit (something having no physical reality) · uk прима́ра (something having no physical reality) · uk фанто́м (something having no physical reality) · pl fantom (something having no physical reality) · ar سَرَاب (something having no physical reality) · de Phantom (something having no physical reality) · ru тень (something having no physical reality) · fa-ira پرهیب (something having no physical reality) · sc umbra (something having no physical reality) · sc pantàsima (something having no physical reality) · nl fantoom (something having no physical reality) · grc φάσμα (something having no physical reality) · rm fantom (something having no physical reality) · gl pantasma (something having no physical reality)