Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A ghost or apparition.
(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.
Phantom
при́зракprízrak, теньtenʹ, фанто́мfantóm
прима́раprymára, фанто́мfantóm
(countable, uncountable)A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
(countable, uncountable)A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
- something existing in perception only
- a ghostly appearing figure
Examples
9 sentencesThe right loves its phantom enemies.
The cats will protect us from the phantoms.
ruКошки защитят нас от привидений. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
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
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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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Forms
plural: phantomsSynonyms
8 synonyms- something existing in perception only:apparitionphantasmphantasmafantasmshadow
- a ghostly appearing figure:apparitionphantasmphantasmafantasmspecterspectre
Word family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.