fantasma
Portuguese
/fɐ̃.ˈtaz.ma/, /fɐ̃.ˈt̪aʒ.mɐ/
noun
Definitions
- ghost (spirit appearing after death)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin phantasma (specter, apparition, an apparition, LL) derived from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (ghost, image, phantom, apparition, an appearance, specter, phantasm) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh- (shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeh-
Gloss
shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- phantasmagorial English
- phantasmagorian English
- phantasmagoric English
- phantasma Latin
- fantasma Italian
- fantasmagorie French
- fantasme French
- phantasmagorie French
- fantasma Spanish, Castilian
- φάντασμα Ancient Greek
- φᾰντᾰ́ζω Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh- Proto-Indo-European
- fantasme Old French
- fantosme Old French
- fantasma Catalan, Valencian
- pantasma Galician
- φάντασμα Greek (modern)
- fantâxima Ligurian