fantome

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See also: fantôme

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fantesme, fantosme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fanˈtɛːm(ə)/, /fanˈtɔːm(ə)/, /fanˈtoːm(ə)/
  • (reduced) IPA(key): /ˈfantum(ə)/, /ˈfantam(ə)/, /ˈfantim(ə)/

Noun

fantome (plural fantomes)

  1. That which is ephemeral or transient; worldly (as opposed to spiritual) wealth.
  2. A phantom or apparition; a phantasmic experience.
  3. A lie or misconception; that which is false.
  4. (rare) Deceit or fraud; the act of deceiving.
  5. (rare, medicine) A hallucination or delirium brought on by illness.

Descendants

  • English: phantom, phantasm
  • Scots: phanton

References

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

fantome f

  1. inflection of fantomă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular