phantom

B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈfæntəm/ See IPA manual

Freq #6890

Meanings

1

noun
A ghost or something that seems to appear but is not really there.

The old castle was said to be haunted by a phantom.
2

adj
Not real; existing only in the mind or seeming to exist.

After losing his arm, he still felt phantom pain where it had been.

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1 noun · a ghost or something that... apparition ghost

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Forms phantoms

Derived forms phantogramphantomicphantomishphantomismphantomistphantomizationphantomizephantomlikephantomnessphantomryphantomshipphantomwise

Related forms fantasy

Etymology

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.

fantome Middle English fantosme Old French phantasma Latin φάντασμα Ancient Greek

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# phantom

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈfæntəm/
**Frequency rank:** 6890

## Meanings
1. A ghost or something that seems to appear but is not really there.
2. Not real; existing only in the mind or seeming to exist.

## Examples
- The old castle was said to be haunted by a phantom.
- After losing his arm, he still felt phantom pain where it had been.

## Synonyms
- ghost

## Derived Forms
- phantogram
- phantomic
- phantomish
- phantomism
- phantomist
- phantomization
- phantomize
- phantomlike
- phantomness
- phantomry
- phantomship
- phantomwise

## Related Forms
- fantasy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fantome
- Root: fantosme
- Root: phantasma
- Root: φάντασμα

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Phantom is 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. In present-day English it covers a ghost or something that seems to appear but is not really there and not real; existing only in the mind or seeming to exist. The wider family includes derived forms such as phantogram, phantomic, phantomish, phantomism, phantomist and related forms such as fantasy.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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