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Meaning of phantom | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈfæntəm

Definitions

  1. A ghost or apparition
  2. A ghost or apparition.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam.
  4. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion
  5. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
    countable, uncountable
  6. A supernatural being, such as a ghost:apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith.
  7. A Rolls-Royce Phantom automobile.
  8. A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing
  9. a ghost. The castle is said to be haunted by a phantom. spook شَبَح призрак fantasma zjevení, přízrak die Erscheinung spøgelse φάντασμαfantasma viirastus روح haamu fantômeרוח प्रेत prikaza, sablast kísértet hantu draugur, vofa fantasma 幻 유령 šmėkla, vaiduoklis fantoms; spoks hantu spookfantom, spøkelsewidmo بلا، شبح ، هغه خيالى شيان چه موجوديت نه لرى fantasma fantomă призрак prízrak prikazen fantom spöke, vålnad ผี hayalet, hortlak 鬼魂,幽靈 фантом, примара بھوت bóng ma 幻影,幽灵
  10. A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
    countable, uncountable
  11. A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue
  12. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition.
  13. A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
    countable, uncountable
  14. Short for phantom power
  15. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion: phantoms of a disturbed mind.
  16. Medicine A model of a human body or body part.
    Medicine
  17. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom: tales of a phantom ship haunting the bay.
  18. Fictitious or nonexistent, often when intended to deceive: phantom employees on the payroll; deposits in a phantom bank account.
  19. Believed to be real even though illusory: a phantom pregnancy.
  20. Being a phantom limb: a phantom arm.
  21. an apparition or spectre

Equivalents

العربية الخيال سراب شبح
Български илю́зия
Bosanski fantom фантом
Català fantasma
Dansk fantom
Deutsch Phantom
Ελληνικά φαντομάς
Esperanto fantomo
Español fantasma
Français fantôme
Gaeilge amhailt
Galego pantasma
हिन्दी प्रेत
Hrvatski fantom фантом
Հայերեն ուրվական
Bahasa Indonesia fantom
Nederlands fantoom
Português fantasma fantoma
Română fantomă
Српски fantom фантом
Svenska dödman fantom
Українська прима́ра фанто́м
Tiếng Việt bóng ma

Examples

“Paul pulled out the Phantom; niggas can't stand it but them hoes gonna come out.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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