fantôme

See also: fantome and fantosme

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma); alternatively, according to the TLFi, it may have arrived in French through late Gallic Vulgar Latin in what is now southern France/Occitania, from an Ionian Greek dialect brought to Marseille, presumably in a form *phantagma > *phantauma. The later spelling in Old French thus reflects the influence of the spelling of phantasma, the standard Latin form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɑ̃.tom/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

fantôme m (plural fantômes)

  1. ghost
    Synonym: spectre
    Hyponyms: con tinh, lémure, ma gia
    Il recherche des individus qui puissent communiquer avec des fantômes.
    He is seeking individuals who can communicate with ghosts.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).

Noun

fantôme m (plural fantômes)

  1. (Jersey) ghost

Synonyms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.