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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfantomme
Native Script:fantôme
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fantom
"Il croyait voir un fantôme dans le couloir sombre."
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A ghost or a figment of the imagination.
"She thought she saw a phantom lurking in the shadows of the old house."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English (in the sense 'illusion, trick'): from Old French fantosme, from late Latin phantasma.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "phantom" is said worldwide
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fantomme
Transliteration: fantom
Script: fantôme
"Il croyait voir un fantôme dans le couloir sombre."
Phantom
Transliteration: phantom
"Das Phantom spukt in dem alten Schloss."
fantasma
Transliteration: fantasma
"La leggenda parla di un fantasma che vive nel castello."
fantasma
Transliteration: fantasma
"Escucharon ruidos extraños, como si fuera un fantasma."
fantasma
Transliteration: fantasma
"Ele jurou ter visto um fantasma na noite passada."
भूत
Transliteration: bhoot
"उसने अंधेरे में एक भूत को देखा।"
幽灵
Transliteration: yōulíng
"传说这座老宅里有幽灵出没。"
유령
Transliteration: yuryeong
"그는 밤에 유령을 보았다고 주장했다."
幻影
Transliteration: gen'ei
"彼女は暗闇の中に奇妙な幻影を見た。"
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