phantom
English
/ˈfæntəm/
noun
Definitions
- A ghost or apparition.
- Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
- (bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
- (medical imaging) A test object.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fantom, fantum borrowed from Old French fantosme derived from Latin phantasma (specter, apparition, an apparition, LL) derived from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (ghost, image, phantom, apparition, an appearance, specter, phantasm).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φάντασμα
Gloss
ghost, image, phantom, apparition, an appearance, specter, phantasm
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
👻
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- energy English
- phantasmagorial English
- phantasmagorian English
- phantasmagoric English
- phantom energy English
- phantomic English
- phantomish English
- phantomization English
- phantomize English
- phantomlike English
- phantomwise English
- phantomy English
- phantasma Latin
- Phantom German
- Phantombild German
- fantasma Italian
- fantasmagorie French
- fantasme French
- fantôme French
- phantasmagorie French
- fantasma Spanish, Castilian
- φάντασμα Ancient Greek
- φᾰντᾰ́ζω Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh- Proto-Indo-European
- fantasma Portuguese
- fantom Middle English
- fantom, fantum Middle English
- fantasme Old French
- fantosme Old French
- fantomloĝita Esperanto
- fantomo Esperanto
- lupfantomo Esperanto
- fantasma Catalan, Valencian
- pantasma Galician
- φάντασμα Greek (modern)
- fantomo Ido
- fantôme Norman
- fantom Romansh
- fantâxima Ligurian