phantom
IllusiveIllusive.
» The right loves its phantom enemies.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Illusive.
(not comparable)Fictitious or nonexistent.
a phantom limb
нереальныйnerealʹnyj, иллюзорныйilljuzornyj, фантомныйfantomnyj
- something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
Examples
9 sentencesThe right loves its phantom enemies.
The cats will protect us from the phantoms.
ruКошки защитят нас от привидений. — marafon
I still sometimes have phantom pain in my left leg.
deIch habe immer noch manchmal Phantomschmerzen im linken Bein. — Yorwba
I caught a glimpse of the phantom sitting behind the wheel.
The phantom was gone.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from LInherited 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.
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