phantom (redirected from Phantom pregnancy)

phan·tom also fan·tom  (fntm)

n.

1.

a. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition.

b. Something elusive or delusive.

2. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.

3. Something dreaded or despised.

adj.

1. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom; illusive.

2. Fictitious; nonexistent: phantom employees on the payroll.

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[Middle English fantom, from Old French fantosme, probably from Vulgar Latin *phantauma, from Greek dialectal *phantagma, from Greek phantasma; see phantasm.]

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phantom

Noun

1. an apparition or spectre

2. the visible representation of something abstract, such as in a dream or hallucination: the phantom of liberty

Adjective

deceptive or unreal: she regularly took days off for what her bosses considered phantom illnesses [Latin phantasma]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	phantom - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, spectre, specter disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings Flying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
	2.	phantom - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, shadow, apparition flying saucer, UFO, unidentified flying object - an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins Flying Dutchman - a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope ghost, specter, wraith, spectre, spook, shade - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" illusion, semblance - an erroneous mental representation
Adj.	1.	phantom - something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb" unreal - not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"

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phantom

noun spectre, ghost, spirit, shade (literary) spook (informal) apparition, wraith, revenant, phantasm

Translations

phantom [ˈfæntəm] n → fantasma m

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phantom [ˈfæntəm] n → fantôme m (= vision); fantasme m

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phantom [ˈfæntəm] n → Phantom nt

adj (fig) → Phantom-

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phantom [ˈfæntəm] n → fantasma m

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phantom

n phantom [ˈfantəm]

a ghost The castle is said to be haunted by a phantom. spook شَبَح призрак zjevení, přízrak spøgelse die Erscheinung φάντασμα fantasma viirastus روح aave fantôme רוּחַ प्रेत prikaza,sablast kísértet hantu draugur, vofa fantasma 幻 유령 šmėkla, vaiduoklis fantoms; spoks hantu spook fantom, spøkelse widmo fantasma fantomă призрак prízrak prikazen fantom spöke, vålnad ผี hayalet, hortlak 幻影，幽靈 фантом, примара بھوت bóng ma 幻影，幽灵