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fantom
ghost /fanˈtomə/
noun#2739 most common
Also: phantom, specter, apparition
Example sentences
Copilul se preface că e o fantomă.
The child pretends to be a ghost.
Fantoma trăiește în casa veche, spun sătenii.
The ghost lives in the old house, the villagers say.
Casa fantomei se află pe deal.
The ghost's house is on the hill.
Orașul minier a devenit un oraș-fantomă după închiderea minei.
The mining town became a ghost town after the mine closed.
Mulți pacienți simt o durere fantomă după amputare.
Many patients feel phantom pain after amputation.
Autoritățile au descoperit o rețea de firme fantomă folosite pentru spălare de bani.
The authorities uncovered a network of shell companies used for money laundering.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fantomă | fantome |
| Genitive | fantomei | fantomelor |
| Accusative | fantomă | fantome |
| Vocative | fantomo | fantomelor |
Word family
fantomăghost, phantom
fantomaticghostly, spectral
oraș-fantomăghost town
durere fantomăphantom pain
firmă fantomăshell company
Etymology
Romanian borrowed fantomă from French fantôme in the nineteenth century, during a wave of French loanwords that reshaped much of Romanian's literary and abstract vocabulary. French fantôme descends from Latin phantasma, which came from Greek phantasma, meaning apparition or image. The Greek word is tied to the verb phainein, to show or to appear.
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