phantom

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

fantôme

apparition

revenant

spectre

esprit

illusion

rêve

vision

doppelgänger

fantome

monstre

fantasme

imaginaire

ombre

chimère

illusoire

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfæntəm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.