ghost
“Il recherche des individus qui puissent communiquer avec des fantômes.” — He is seeking individuals who can communicate with ghosts.
Synonyms: spectre
Related: cabinet fantôme, conducteur fantôme, douleur fantôme, fantomal, réservation fantôme, train fantôme, ville fantôme
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)bor. Latin phantasma Old French fantosme French fantôme 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 Fra