French

Noun

fantosme m ‎(plural fantosmes)

1. Obsolete form of fantôme.

Old French

Alternative forms

• fantasme

Etymology

Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα ‎(phántasma)

Noun

fantosme m ‎(oblique plural fantosmes, nominative singular fantosmes, nominative plural fantosme)

1. ghost (apparition)
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Mes qui l’apele il ne le sot :
     Fantosme cuide que ce soit.

     Mais he did not know who was calling him
     He thought that it was a ghost

Descendants

• English: phantom (borrowed) (in part)
• French: fantôme
• Norman: fantôme