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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfæntæzəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-phantasm.wav [US] Forms: phantasms [plural], phantasma [alternative], fantasm [alternative, archaic], phantasim [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)bor. Latin phantasma Old French fantosmebor. Middle English fantome English phantom English phantasm A learned variant of phantom; from Middle English fantosme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma). Doublet of phantom. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:from|phantom|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)bor. Latin phantasma Old French fantosmebor. Middle English fantome English phantom English phantasm [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "make visible", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "cause to appear", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "appear", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*bʰh₂nyéti", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "shine", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-né-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*pʰáňňō", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "φαίνω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "φᾰντᾰ́ζω", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-mə", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-μᾰ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "φάντασμα", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "phantasma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "fantosme", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "fantome", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "phantom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "phantasm", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="phantasm">, {{inh|en|enm|fantosme}} Middle English fantosme, {{der|en|fro|fantosme}} Old French fantosme, {{der|en|la|phantasma}} Latin phantasma, {{der|en|grc|φάντασμα}} Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma), {{doublet|en|phantom}} Doublet of phantom Head templates: {{en-noun}} phantasm (plural phantasms)
  1. Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition. Translations (a thing seen but not real): fantasmo (Esperanto)
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  2. (philosophy) An impression as received by the senses, especially an image, often prior to any interpretation by the intellect. Synonyms: phantasia
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: phantascope, phantasmal, phantasmic, phantasmology Related terms: fancy, fantasize, fantastic, fantasy, phantasmatic, phantom

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          "text": "But night comes in with a more genial spirit: we have done our worst and our bitterest; and we need a small space to indulge any little bit of cordiality that may be left in us. A thousand gay phantasms float in on the sunny south, which has left the far-off vineyards of its birth.",
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