fantoom
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Dutch fantome, from Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fantoom n (plural fantomen, diminutive fantoompje n)
- phantom, apparition, ghost
- Veel mensen beweren een fantoom te hebben gezien in het oude kasteel. ― Many people claim to have seen a phantom in the old castle.
- In de mist leek het schip een fantoom te zijn. ― In the fog, the ship appeared to be a ghost.
- Het kind was bang voor de fantomen onder zijn bed. ― The child was afraid of the apparitions under his bed.
- figment, mirage, product of fantasy
- Die perfecte stad is slechts een fantoom van je verbeelding. ― That perfect city is just a figment of your imagination.
- De oase in de woestijn bleek een fantoom te zijn. ― The oasis in the desert turned out to be a mirage.
- Het idee van eeuwige vrede is mogelijk een fantoom. ― The idea of eternal peace might be a product of fantasy.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fantoom” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fantoom (genitive fantoomi, partitive fantoomi)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of fantoom (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | fantoom | fantoomid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | fantoomi | ||
| genitive | fantoomide | ||
| partitive | fantoomi | fantoome fantoomisid | |
| illative | fantoomi fantoomisse |
fantoomidesse fantoomesse | |
| inessive | fantoomis | fantoomides fantoomes | |
| elative | fantoomist | fantoomidest fantoomest | |
| allative | fantoomile | fantoomidele fantoomele | |
| adessive | fantoomil | fantoomidel fantoomel | |
| ablative | fantoomilt | fantoomidelt fantoomelt | |
| translative | fantoomiks | fantoomideks fantoomeks | |
| terminative | fantoomini | fantoomideni | |
| essive | fantoomina | fantoomidena | |
| abessive | fantoomita | fantoomideta | |
| comitative | fantoomiga | fantoomidega | |
References
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