English

Pronunciation
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��st|-��st

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete The spirit; the soul of man.

#: Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament. — Spenser

1. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

#: The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. — Shakespeare.
#: I thought that I had died in sleep/And was a blessed ghost. — Coleridge

1. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering.

#: not a ghost of a chance
#: the ghost of an idea
#: Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. — Poe

1. A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
2. An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
3. A ghostwriter.

Synonyms
(soul): soul, spirit
(spirit appearing after death): apparition, phantom, specter/spectre, ghoul
(faint shadowy semblance): glimmer, glimmering, glimpse, hint, inkling, spark, suggestion
(false image in an optical device):
(false image on a television screen):
(ghostwriter): ghostwriter

Translations

soul <br>
See soul

trans-top|spirit appearing after death
Afrikaans: spook (spirit = gees)
Albanian: fantazmë, f
Catalan: fantasma, m
Czech: duch m
Danish: spøgelse n, genfærd n, ånd c
Dutch: geest m, spook n
Esperanto: spirito, fantomo
Finnish: aave, kummitus, haamu; also henki (spirit)
French: fantôme m, spectre#French|spectre m, revenant, fantasme
German: Geist m, Phantom n, Gespenst n, Spuk
Hindi: भ�त (bhūt)
Hungarian: kísértet
Italian: fantasma#Italian|fantasma m, spettro m, spirito m
Japanese} 幽� (���� yūrei), 亡� (���� b�rei), ����(���� bakemono)
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Marathi: भ�त (bhūt)
Malay: hantu
Norwegian: spøkelse
Polish: duch m
Portuguese: fantasma#Portuguese|fantasma m
Russian: п�ивидение (prividénije) n, п�из�ак (prízrak) m, �ан�ом (fantóm) m
Sanskrit: भ�त (bhūt)
Slovene: duh m
Spanish: fantasma#Spanish|fantasma m, espectro m, aparecido m
Swedish: spöke
Telugu: దయ�య� (dayyaM), ప�ర�తాత�మ (prEtaatma), పిశా�ి (piSaachi), భ�త� (bhootaM)
Welsh: ysbryd m
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trans-top|faint shadowy semblance
Finnish: kangastus, haamu
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Telugu: దయ�య� (dayyaM), ప�ర�తాత�మ (prEtaatma), పిశా�ి (piSaachi), భ�త� (bhootaM)
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trans-top|false image in an optical device
Czech: duch m
Dutch: spookbeeld n
Finnish: haamukuva
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Telugu: భ�తా�ార� (bhootaakaaraM)
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trans-top|false image on a television screen
Czech: duch m
Dutch: spookbeeld n
Finnish: haamukuva
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ghostwriter<br>
See ghostwriter

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ttbc|Bulgarian: п�ивидение
ttbc|Chemehuevi: ɨ'nɨp(i) (2)
ttbc|Chinese: 鬼�, 幽� (幽�)
ttbc|Hungarian: kísértet (2), szellem, hazajáró lélek; lélek; hamis vonal
ttbc|Maricopa: ʼish nyoym (2)
ttbc|O'odham: cukut (2)
ttbc|Turkish: hayalet

Anagrams
Goths

Derived terms
ghostly
ghostwriter
grey ghost
Holy Ghost

See also
apparition
banshee
demon
exorcism
ghoul
phantasm
phantom
poltergeist
specter
spectral
spectre
spirit
spook

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• 2007-12-25 12:08 - Conrad.Irwin - /* Synonyms */ ghoul

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