phantom

Etymology
From, , from , , from , from , from. .

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.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ghost
 * See also Thesaurus:ghost

Translations

 * Arabic:, شَبَح
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: přízrak
 * Danish: fantom
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fantomo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: pantasma
 * German:
 * Greek: Φαντομάς
 * Ancient: φάντασμα, φάσμα
 * Irish: amhailt
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: mariko, pō-mariko, pō-mārikoriko
 * Middle English: fantome
 * Norwegian: fantom, fantomet
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Spuak
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: fantom
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sardinian: pantùma, pantàsima, umbra
 * Spanish:
 * Sumerian: 𒈠𒊬, 𒆤, 𒋝𒋝, 𒄇
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bibit


 * Portuguese: fantoma

Adjective

 * 1) Illusive.
 * 2) Fictitious or nonexistent.
 * 1) Fictitious or nonexistent.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Maori: mariko
 * Russian:, ,