pantasma

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Asturian

Alternative forms

Noun

pantasma f (plural pantasmes)

  1. ghost, phantom

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fantasma, borrowed from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “image, phantom”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “I make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “I cause to appear, bring to light”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pan‧tas‧ma
  • IPA(key): /panˈtasma/

Noun

pantasma

  1. ghost; phantasm
  2. (Cebu, folklore) light or flame that has the ability to copy the size, shape or height of the thing it is standing next to

Galician

Etymology

From Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “image, phantom”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pantasma f (plural pantasmas)

  1. ghost, phantom
    • 1885, V.P., Un conto:
      pampeou como si vira a pantasma que corre por riba dos eidos e brinca os valados sin pór pé nin siquera nunha herba.
      He got bewildered as if he was seeing the phantom that runs over the fields and leaps the fences without even trampling a single herb

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