phantom

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A ghost or apparition.
2. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
3. A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
4. A test object. A test phantom is an object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.

Adj

1. Illusive.
2. Fictitious or nonexistent.

Konzepte

Phantom

Gespenst

Geist

Erscheinung

Trugbild

Vision

Spuk

Darstellung

Illusion

Gesicht

Fantasiegebilde

Luftgebilde

plötzliches Erscheinen und Verschwinden

Monster

Ungeheuer

unheimliche Erscheinung

Halluzination

Hirngespinst

illusorisch

imaginär

unwirklich

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈfæntəm/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.