different between spectral vs phantom

English

Etymology

Equivalent to spectre +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?kt???/

Adjective

spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)

1. Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.

   Synonym: ghostly

   Antonym: nonspectral
2. Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc)

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• cepstral, craplets, sceptral

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?k.t?al/

Adjective

spectral (feminine singular spectrale, masculine plural spectraux, feminine plural spectrales)

1. spectral

Related terms

• spectre

Further reading

• “spectral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

French spectral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spek?tral]

Adjective

spectral m or n (feminine singular spectral?, masculine plural spectrali, feminine and neuter plural spectrale)

1. spectral

Declension

Synonyms

• fantomatic

Related terms

• spectru

English

Alternative forms

• fantom (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English fantom, fantum, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from ??????? (phantáz?, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fænt?m/

Noun

phantom (plural phantoms)

1. A ghost or apparition.
2. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
3. (bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
4. (medical imaging) A test object. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• ghost
• See also Thesaurus:ghost

Derived terms

• phantom limb
• phantom pain

Related terms

• fantasy

Translations

Adjective

phantom (not comparable)

1. Illusive.
2. Fictitious or nonexistent.

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “phantom”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Hampton