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Pronunciation / Transliteration: mayavi
"अंधेरे में एक मायावी छाया दिखाई दी।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Of the nature of a phantasm; illusory, spectral, or dreamlike.
"The travelers caught a glimpse of phantasmal lights flickering across the dark moor." - 2
Existing only in the imagination; unreal or deceptive.
"He chased phantasmal ambitions that vanished the moment he tried to grasp them."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'phantasma', meaning apparition or ghost, via Late Latin and French. It entered the English language in the early 17th century to describe things relating to illusions, phantoms, or dreamlike unrealities.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Phantasmal" is said worldwide
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fantasmagorique
Transliteration: fã.taz.ma.ɡɔ.ʁik
"Les lumières fantasmagoriques dansaient dans la brume."
phantasmal
Transliteration: fanˈtazmal
"Eine phantasmalische Gestalt erschien im Nebel."
fantasmale
Transliteration: fantaˈzmale
"Si udivano suoni fantasmale provenire dalla vecchia casa."
fantasmagórico
Transliteration: fantasmaˈɡoɾiko
"Una luz fantasmagórica iluminaba el pasillo."
fantasmagórico
Transliteration: fɐ̃tɐzmaˈɡɔɾiku
"A neblina criava um cenário fantasmagórico."
मायावी
Transliteration: mayavi
"अंधेरे में एक मायावी छाया दिखाई दी।"
幻影般的
Transliteration: huànyǐng bān de
"雾中隐约出现了一个幻影般的身影。"
환영의
Transliteration: hwan-yeong-ui
"안개 속에서 환영 같은 불빛이 반짝였다."
幻影の
Transliteration: genei no
"霧の中に幻影のような姿が見えた。"
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