adj · noun · verb · 46 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɡəʊst/
General-American:/ɡoʊst/
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Australian:/ɡɐʉst/
/ɡɦoːsʈ/North India, spelling pronunciation
India, South:/ɡoːsʈ/
rhymes with -əʊst
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
In the form be ghost: not present or involved; absent, gone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, slang
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.
A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: echo
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: cleaning
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shadow
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: backup
Antonyms: none provided
12
noun
Meaning 12
An understudy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
noun
Meaning 13
A covert (and deniable) agent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spook, spy
Antonyms: none provided
14
noun
Meaning 14
An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
noun
Meaning 15
Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
16
noun
Meaning 16
An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: quantum mechanics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
17
noun
Meaning 17
A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
彁 is a ghost character from the Japanese JIS X 0208 character set.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
18
noun
Meaning 18
Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
19
noun
Meaning 19
A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, often, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
20
noun
Meaning 20
White or pale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
Examples
ghost slug
ghost flower
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
21
noun
Meaning 21
Transparent or translucent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
Examples
ghost ant
ghost catfish
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
22
noun
Meaning 22
Abandoned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
Examples
ghost town
ghost ship
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
23
noun
Meaning 23
Remnant; remains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
Examples
ghost apples (a thin layer of ice in the shape of an apple, which forms around it and is left behind when the apple rots and falls out)
ghost fossils (impressions of things like shells that remain in the rock after the shell etc dissolves)
ghost cell
ghost craters (craters that have been filled, e.g. with volcanic deposits)
ghost image
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
24
noun
Meaning 24
Perceived or listed but not real.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
Examples
ghost cellphone vibration
ghost pain
ghost island
ghost voter
ghost job
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
25
noun
Meaning 25
Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
Examples
ghost rocket
ghost deer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
26
noun
Meaning 26
Substitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
Examples
ghost writer
ghost singer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
27
verb
Meaning 27
Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, poetic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
28
verb
Meaning 28
To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, poetic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
29
verb
Meaning 29
To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
30
verb
Meaning 30
To kill (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, slang, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
31
verb
Meaning 31
To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
33
verb
Meaning 33
To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, through text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, slang, transitive
Qualifier: chiefly social media
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
34
verb
Meaning 34
To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, broadly, figuratively, transitive
Topics: government, law-enforcement
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
35
verb
Meaning 35
Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ghostwrite
Antonyms: none provided
36
verb
Meaning 36
To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
37
verb
Meaning 37
Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
38
verb
Meaning 38
Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
39
verb
Meaning 39
Apparently only in the writings of the Dutch-English physician Gideon Harvey (c. 1636–1640 – c. 1700–1702): to die, to expire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
40
noun
Meaning 40
a mental representation of some haunting experience
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soul, psyche
Narrower terms: poltergeist, revenant
43
noun
Meaning 43
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ghostwriter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
44
verb
Meaning 44
write for someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ghostwrite
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: author
45
verb
Meaning 45
haunt like a ghost; pursue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Fear of illness haunts her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: haunt, obsess
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: preoccupy
46
verb
Meaning 46
move like a ghost
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
History
Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English gost, from Old English gāst, gǣst (“breath, spirit, soul, ghost”) (compare modern English Holy Ghost), from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhéysdos, from *ǵhéysd- (“anger, agitation”). The h in the spelling appears in the Prologue to William Caxton’s Royal Book, printed in 1484, in a reference to the “Holy Ghoost”. It was likely influenced by Middle Dutch gheest, a common variant of geest. Both Caxton and his assistant Wynkyn de Worde had connections to the Low Countries. Doublet of geist. The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. The verb gained prominence in the 2010s. cognates * Danish gast (“ghost”), gejst (“enthusiasm”) * Dutch geest (“ghost, spirit”) * German Geist (“ghost, spirit”) * Luxembourgish Geescht (“ghost, spirit, spectre, phantom”) * Saterland Frisian Gäist, Jeest (“ghost, spirit”) * Scots gaist, ghaist (“ghost”) * Swedish gast (“ghost”) * Vilamovian gȧjst (“ghost, spirit”) * West Frisian geast (“ghost, spirit”) * Yiddish גײַסט (gayst, “ghost, spirit”) * Yola gaast (“ghost”)
Across languages
Translations
579 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
spook
— spirit appearing after death
Afrikaans:
gees
— spirit appearing after death
Ainu:
トゥカㇷ゚
(tukap)
— spirit appearing after death
Alabama:
aatsollokchi
— spirit appearing after death
Alabama:
sollòkchi
— spirit appearing after death
Albanian:
fantazmë
— spirit appearing after death
Albanian:
gogol
— spirit appearing after death
Albanian:
hije
— spirit appearing after death
Albanian:
stihji
— spirit appearing after death
Albanian:
bubë
— spirit appearing after death
Albanian:
flama
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
شَبَح
(šabaḥ)
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
خَيَال
(ḵayāl)
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
زَوْل
(zawl)
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
طَيْف
(ṭayf)
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
رُوح
(rūḥ)
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
شَبْح
(šabḥ)
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
عفريت
(ʕafrīt)
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
شبح
(šabaḥ)
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
جِنِّي
(jinni)
— spirit appearing after death
Arabic:
عفريت
(ʕafrīt)
— spirit appearing after death
Aragonese:
pantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Aragonese:
espectro
— spirit appearing after death
Aragonese:
espírito
— spirit appearing after death
Aragonese:
aparición
— spirit appearing after death
Aragonese:
sombra
— spirit appearing after death
Aragonese:
alma
— spirit appearing after death
Armenian:
ուրվական
(urvakan)
— spirit appearing after death
Armenian:
հոգի
(hogi)
— spirit appearing after death
Asturian:
pantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Asturian:
fantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Asturian:
espectru
— spirit appearing after death
Asturian:
espíritu
— spirit appearing after death
Asturian:
apaición
— spirit appearing after death
Asturian:
sombra
— spirit appearing after death
Asturian:
alma
— spirit appearing after death
Azerbaijani:
hayalet
— spirit appearing after death
Azerbaijani:
ruh
— spirit appearing after death
Bashkir:
өрәк
(örək)
— spirit appearing after death
Basque:
mamu
— spirit appearing after death
Belarusian:
здань
(zdanʹ)
— spirit appearing after death
Belarusian:
пры́від
(prývid)
— spirit appearing after death
Belarusian:
дух
(dux)
— spirit appearing after death
Belarusian:
фанто́м
(fantóm)
— spirit appearing after death
Bengali:
ভূত
(bhut)
— spirit appearing after death
Central Bikol:
kalag
— spirit appearing after death
Breton:
tasmant
— spirit appearing after death
Breton:
spes
— spirit appearing after death
Bulgarian:
дух
(duh)
— spirit appearing after death
Bulgarian:
при́зрак
(prízrak)
— spirit appearing after death
Bulgarian:
привиде́ние
(prividénie)
— spirit appearing after death
Burmese:
သရဲ
(sa.rai:)
— spirit appearing after death
Burmese:
တစ္ဆေ
(tachce)
— spirit appearing after death
Burmese:
နာနာဘာဝ
(nanabhawa.)
— spirit appearing after death
Catalan:
fantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Catalan:
espectre
— spirit appearing after death
Catalan:
esperit
— spirit appearing after death
Catalan:
aparició
— spirit appearing after death
Catalan:
ànima
— spirit appearing after death
Chechen:
гӏаларт
(ğalart)
— spirit appearing after death
Chechen:
бӏоб
(bˀob)
— spirit appearing after death
Cherokee:
ᎠᏂᏣᏍᎩᎵ
(anitsasgili)
— spirit appearing after death
Cheyenne:
séo'ȯtse
— spirit appearing after death
Chichewa:
mzímu
— spirit appearing after death
Chichewa:
chiŵanda
— spirit appearing after death
Chichewa:
mzukwa
— spirit appearing after death
Chichewa:
chidangwaleza class 7 chidude
— spirit appearing after death
Chichewa:
chipukupuku
— spirit appearing after death
Chichewa:
chowuka
— spirit appearing after death
Chinese:
гуй
(guy)
— spirit appearing after death
Chinese Mandarin:
鬼
(guǐ)
— spirit appearing after death
Chinese Mandarin:
鬼魂
(guǐhùn)
— spirit appearing after death
Chinese Mandarin:
幽魂
(yōuhún)
— spirit appearing after death
Chinese Mandarin:
幽靈 /幽灵
(yōulíng)
— spirit appearing after death
Maore Comorian:
mufu
— spirit appearing after death
Coptic:
ϩⲟⲣⲧϥ
(hortf)
— spirit appearing after death
Cree:
cîpay
— spirit appearing after death
Czech:
duch
— spirit appearing after death
Czech:
přízrak
— spirit appearing after death
Czech:
zjevení
— spirit appearing after death
Czech:
fantóm
— spirit appearing after death
Czech:
vidina
— spirit appearing after death
Danish:
spøgelse
— spirit appearing after death
Danish:
genganger
— spirit appearing after death
Danish:
genfærd
— spirit appearing after death
Danish:
gespenst
— spirit appearing after death
Danish:
ånd
— spirit appearing after death
Danish:
draug
— spirit appearing after death
Danish:
sjæl
— spirit appearing after death
Darkinjung:
buddhung
— spirit appearing after death
Dutch:
geest
— spirit appearing after death
Dutch:
spook
— spirit appearing after death
Dutch:
fantoom
— spirit appearing after death
Dutch:
verschijning
— spirit appearing after death
Dutch:
gespens
— spirit appearing after death
Dutch:
schim
— spirit appearing after death
Dutch:
spooksel
— spirit appearing after death
Egyptian:
Ax-Z1:H_SPACE
(ꜣḫ)
— spirit appearing after death
Erzya:
цюдавома
(ćudavoma)
— spirit appearing after death
Esperanto:
fantomo
— spirit appearing after death
Esperanto:
apero
— spirit appearing after death
Esperanto:
ombro
— spirit appearing after death
Esperanto:
spirito
— spirit appearing after death
Estonian:
fantoom
— spirit appearing after death
Estonian:
kummitus
— spirit appearing after death
Evenki:
musun
— spirit appearing after death
Faroese:
dreygur
— spirit appearing after death
Faroese:
andi
— spirit appearing after death
Faroese:
spøkilsi
— spirit appearing after death
Finnish:
aave
— spirit appearing after death
Finnish:
kummitus
— spirit appearing after death
Finnish:
haamu
— spirit appearing after death
Finnish:
henki
— spirit appearing after death
Finnish:
sielu
— spirit appearing after death
French:
fantôme
— spirit appearing after death
French:
spectre
— spirit appearing after death
French:
esprit
— spirit appearing after death
French:
revenant
— spirit appearing after death
French:
apparition
— spirit appearing after death
French:
fantasme
— spirit appearing after death
Old French:
fantosme
— spirit appearing after death
North Frisian:
Spook
— spirit appearing after death
Saterland Frisian:
spouk
— spirit appearing after death
Saterland Frisian:
gäist
— spirit appearing after death
West-Frisian:
spûk
— spirit appearing after death
Friulian:
fantàsime
— spirit appearing after death
Friulian:
parence
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
pantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
estantiga
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
estadea
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
cocón
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
zarronco
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
magadaña
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
mandrágula
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
bulto
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
espantallada
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
espantonia
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
defunto
— spirit appearing after death
Galician:
aparición
— spirit appearing after death
Georgian:
მოჩვენება
(močveneba)
— spirit appearing after death
Georgian:
ზმანება
(zmaneba)
— spirit appearing after death
Georgian:
მოლანდება
(molandeba)
— spirit appearing after death
Georgian:
აჩრდილი
(ačrdili)
— spirit appearing after death
Georgian:
ლანდი
(landi)
— spirit appearing after death
German:
Gespenst
— spirit appearing after death
German:
Geist
— spirit appearing after death
German:
Phantom
— spirit appearing after death
German:
Spuk
— spirit appearing after death
German:
Erscheinung
— spirit appearing after death
German:
Gehuuri
— spirit appearing after death
Old High German:
geist
— spirit appearing after death
Old High German:
gitrog
— spirit appearing after death
Greek:
φάντασμα
(fántasma)
— spirit appearing after death
Ancient Greek:
φάσμα
(phásma)
— spirit appearing after death
Ancient Greek:
φάντασμα
(phántasma)
— spirit appearing after death
Paraguayan Guarani:
póra
— spirit appearing after death
Hawaiian:
lapu
— spirit appearing after death
Hawaiian:
akua
— spirit appearing after death
Hawaiian:
ʻuhane
— spirit appearing after death
Hebrew:
רוּחַ רְפָאִים
(rúakh refa'ím)
— spirit appearing after death
Hindi:
भूत
(bhūt)
— spirit appearing after death
Hindi:
आत्मा
(ātmā)
— spirit appearing after death
Hindi:
प्रेत
(pret)
— spirit appearing after death
Hindi:
छाया
(chāyā)
— spirit appearing after death
Hindi:
रूह
(rūh)
— spirit appearing after death
Hindi:
पिशाच
(piśāc)
— spirit appearing after death
Hindi:
वेताल
(vetāl)
— spirit appearing after death
Hindi:
देव
(dev)
— spirit appearing after death
Hungarian:
kísértet
— spirit appearing after death
Hungarian:
szellem
— spirit appearing after death
Hungarian:
fantom
— spirit appearing after death
Icelandic:
draugur
— spirit appearing after death
Icelandic:
vofa
— spirit appearing after death
Ido:
fantomo
— spirit appearing after death
Indonesian:
hantu
— spirit appearing after death
Indonesian:
roh
— spirit appearing after death
Indonesian:
dedemitan
— spirit appearing after death
Indonesian:
polong
— spirit appearing after death
Indonesian:
momok
— spirit appearing after death
Irish:
taibhse
— spirit appearing after death
Irish:
sprid
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
fantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
spettro
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
spirito
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
larva
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
apparizione
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
ombra
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
anima
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
simulacro
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
fantasima
— spirit appearing after death
Italian:
lemure
— spirit appearing after death
Jamaican Creole:
duppy
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
幽霊
(yūrei)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
亡霊
(bōrei)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
化け物
(bakemono)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
死霊
(shiryō)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
妖怪
(yōkai)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
お化け
(obake)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
怨霊
(onryō)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
幽鬼
(yūki)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
魂魄
(konpaku)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
精霊
(seirei)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
妖魔
(yōma)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
魂
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
霊
(rei)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
変化
(henge)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
物の怪
(mononoke)
— spirit appearing after death
Japanese:
ゴースト
(gōsuto)
— spirit appearing after death
Kapampangan:
maglalage
— spirit appearing after death
Karbi:
chamburukso
— spirit appearing after death
Karbi:
hi-eh
— spirit appearing after death
Kazakh:
елес
(eles)
— spirit appearing after death
Khmer:
ខ្មោច
(khmaoc)
— spirit appearing after death
Korean:
유령
(yuryeong)
— spirit appearing after death
Korean:
혼
(hon)
— spirit appearing after death
Korean:
고스트
(goseuteu)
— spirit appearing after death
Korean:
환영
(hwanyeong)
— spirit appearing after death
Korean:
환상
(hwansang)
— spirit appearing after death
Korean:
귀신
(gwisin)
— spirit appearing after death
Korean:
영혼
(yeonghon)
— spirit appearing after death
Korean:
잡신
(japsin)
— spirit appearing after death
Kven:
haamu
— spirit appearing after death
Kyrgyz:
арбак
(arbak)
— spirit appearing after death
Ladin:
spiert
— spirit appearing after death
Ladin:
utschac
— spirit appearing after death
Ladin:
fantom
— spirit appearing after death
Lao:
ຜີ
(phī)
— spirit appearing after death
Lao:
ພູດ
(phūt)
— spirit appearing after death
Lao:
ຕາຫລອກ
(tā lǭk)
— spirit appearing after death
Lao:
ປີສາດ
(pī sāt)
— spirit appearing after death
Latgalian:
mūksts
— spirit appearing after death
Latgalian:
čapāslys
— spirit appearing after death
Latgalian:
bīds
— spirit appearing after death
Latin:
spectrum
— spirit appearing after death
Latin:
larva
— spirit appearing after death
Latin:
phasma
— spirit appearing after death
Latin:
umbra
— spirit appearing after death
Latin:
phantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Latin:
manes
— spirit appearing after death
Latvian:
parādība
— spirit appearing after death
Latvian:
spoks
— spirit appearing after death
Latvian:
gars
— spirit appearing after death
Latvian:
fantoms
— spirit appearing after death
Latvian:
velis
— spirit appearing after death
Limburgish:
geis
— spirit appearing after death
Limburgish:
sjpook
— spirit appearing after death
Lithuanian:
vaiduoklis
— spirit appearing after death
Lithuanian:
pamėklė
— spirit appearing after death
Lithuanian:
fantomas
— spirit appearing after death
Luxembourgish:
Gespenst
— spirit appearing after death
Luxembourgish:
Geescht
— spirit appearing after death
Luxembourgish:
Phantom
— spirit appearing after death
Macedonian:
привидение
(prividenie)
— spirit appearing after death
Macedonian:
дух
(duh)
— spirit appearing after death
Macedonian:
сениште
(senište)
— spirit appearing after death
Macedonian:
призрак
(prizrak)
— spirit appearing after death
Macedonian:
авет
(avet)
— spirit appearing after death
Macedonian:
сенка
(senka)
— spirit appearing after death
Macedonian:
сен
(sen)
— spirit appearing after death
Malagasy:
fanahy
— spirit appearing after death
Malagasy:
matoatoa
— spirit appearing after death
Malay:
hantu
— spirit appearing after death
Malayalam:
ഭൂതം
(bhūtaṁ)
— spirit appearing after death
Malayalam:
പ്രേതം
(prētaṁ)
— spirit appearing after death
Maltese:
ħares
— spirit appearing after death
Maltese:
ruħ
— spirit appearing after death
Maltese:
fatat
— spirit appearing after death
Maltese:
spirtu
— spirit appearing after death
Manchu:
ᠪᡠᠴᡝᠯᡳ
(buceli)
— spirit appearing after death
Manchu:
ᡥᡠᡨᡠ
(hutu)
— spirit appearing after death
Manx:
scaanjoon
— spirit appearing after death
Manx:
scaa
— spirit appearing after death
Manx:
scaan
— spirit appearing after death
Māori:
kēhua
— spirit appearing after death
Māori:
taipō
— spirit appearing after death
Marathi:
भूत
(bhūt)
— spirit appearing after death
Middle English:
goost
— spirit appearing after death
Moksha:
[script needed] (sashendy kula)
— spirit appearing after death
Moksha:
шота
(šota)
— spirit appearing after death
Mongolian:
сүнс
(süns)
— spirit appearing after death
Mongolian:
ᠰᠦᠨᠡᠰᠦ
(sünesü)
— spirit appearing after death
Khiamniungan Naga:
ùo
— spirit appearing after death
Navajo:
chʼį́įdii
— spirit appearing after death
Neapolitan:
spireto
— spirit appearing after death
Neapolitan:
spettro
— spirit appearing after death
Ngarrindjeri:
krinkari
— spirit appearing after death
Nogai:
теки
(teki)
— spirit appearing after death
Norman:
vîsion
— spirit appearing after death
Norman:
êpitafl'ye
— spirit appearing after death
Norman:
fantôme
— spirit appearing after death
Norman:
r'vénant
— spirit appearing after death
Norwegian Bokmål:
spøkelse
— spirit appearing after death
Norwegian Bokmål:
gjenferd
— spirit appearing after death
Norwegian Bokmål:
gjenganger
— spirit appearing after death
Norwegian Bokmål:
gespenst
— spirit appearing after death
Norwegian Nynorsk:
spøkelse
— spirit appearing after death
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gjenferd
— spirit appearing after death
Norwegian Nynorsk:
attergangar
— spirit appearing after death
Norwegian Nynorsk:
skrømt
— spirit appearing after death
Occitan:
fantauma
— spirit appearing after death
Occitan:
esglasi
— spirit appearing after death
Occitan:
trèva
— spirit appearing after death
Occitan:
hantauma
— spirit appearing after death
Okinawan:
幽霊
(yūrī)
— spirit appearing after death
Old English:
gāst
— spirit appearing after death
O'odham:
kok'oi
— spirit appearing after death
Oromo:
ekeraa
— spirit appearing after death
Osage:
ilǫ́ɣe
— spirit appearing after death
Osage:
waną́ąɣe
— spirit appearing after death
Pannonian Rusyn:
дух
(dux)
— spirit appearing after death
Pannonian Rusyn:
уява
(ujava)
— spirit appearing after death
Pannonian Rusyn:
привидзенє
(prividzenje)
— spirit appearing after death
Pashto:
روح
(roh)
— spirit appearing after death
Pashto:
شبح
(šebh)
— spirit appearing after death
Pela:
jui55
— spirit appearing after death
Dari:
رُوح
(rūh)
— spirit appearing after death
Dari:
شَبَح
(šabah)
— spirit appearing after death
Iranian Persian:
روح
(ruh)
— spirit appearing after death
Iranian Persian:
شَبَح
(šabah)
— spirit appearing after death
Picard:
rëv’nant
— spirit appearing after death
Picard:
rvënant
— spirit appearing after death
Picard:
spèke
— spirit appearing after death
Plautdietsch:
Spuak
— spirit appearing after death
Plautdietsch:
Jeist
— spirit appearing after death
Polabian:
tvorzaikă
— spirit appearing after death
Polish:
duch
— spirit appearing after death
Polish:
upiór
— spirit appearing after death
Polish:
fantom
— spirit appearing after death
Polish:
zwid
— spirit appearing after death
Polish:
zjawa
— spirit appearing after death
Polish:
widmo
— spirit appearing after death
Polish:
widziadło
— spirit appearing after death
Polish:
mara
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
fantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
espectro
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
espírito
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
aparição
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
assombração
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
abantesma
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
avantesma
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
abentesma
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
aventesma
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
avejão
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
simulacro
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
lêmure
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
larva
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
sombra
— spirit appearing after death
Portuguese:
alma
— spirit appearing after death
Punjabi:
ਭੂਤ
(bhūt)
— spirit appearing after death
Romani:
ćovaxano
— spirit appearing after death
Romani:
mulo
— spirit appearing after death
Romani:
ćovaxani
— spirit appearing after death
Romani:
muli
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
fantomă
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
fantasmă
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
spectru
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
spirit
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
strigoi
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
stafie
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
duh
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
apariție
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
nălucă
— spirit appearing after death
Romanian:
iazmă
— spirit appearing after death
Romansh:
spiert
— spirit appearing after death
Romansh:
spért
— spirit appearing after death
Russian:
привиде́ние
(prividénije)
— spirit appearing after death
Russian:
при́зрак
(prízrak)
— spirit appearing after death
Russian:
фанто́м
(fantóm)
— spirit appearing after death
Russian:
дух
(dux)
— spirit appearing after death
Sanskrit:
भूत
(bhūta)
— spirit appearing after death
Sanskrit:
प्रेत
(preta)
— spirit appearing after death
Sanskrit:
वेताल
(vetāla)
— spirit appearing after death
Sanskrit:
पिशाच
(piśāca)
— spirit appearing after death
Santali:
ᱵᱷᱩᱛ
(bhut)
— spirit appearing after death
Sardinian:
pantùma
— spirit appearing after death
Sardinian:
pantàsima
— spirit appearing after death
Sardinian:
umbra
— spirit appearing after death
Scots:
ghaist
— spirit appearing after death
Scots:
phanton
— spirit appearing after death
Scots:
boodie
— spirit appearing after death
Scots:
bogle
— spirit appearing after death
Scottish Gaelic:
sgàile
— spirit appearing after death
Scottish Gaelic:
tannasg
— spirit appearing after death
Scottish Gaelic:
taibhse
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
ду̏х
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
фа̀нто̄м
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
привиђе́ње
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
а́вет
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
са̏бла̄ст
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
dȕh
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
fàntōm
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
priviđénje
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
ávet
— spirit appearing after death
Serbo-Croatian:
sȁblāst
— spirit appearing after death
Slovak:
duch
— spirit appearing after death
Slovak:
prízrak
— spirit appearing after death
Slovak:
zjavenie
— spirit appearing after death
Slovak:
mátoha
— spirit appearing after death
Slovak:
strašidlo
— spirit appearing after death
Slovak:
fantóm
— spirit appearing after death
Slovene:
duh
— spirit appearing after death
Slovene:
fantom
— spirit appearing after death
Lower Sorbian:
tšašydło
— spirit appearing after death
Lower Sorbian:
šarjenje
— spirit appearing after death
Lower Sorbian:
wopokazowanje
— spirit appearing after death
Sotho:
sethotsela
— spirit appearing after death
Sotho:
sepoko
— spirit appearing after death
Spanish:
fantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Spanish:
espectro
— spirit appearing after death
Spanish:
espíritu
— spirit appearing after death
Spanish:
aparecido
— spirit appearing after death
Spanish:
aparición
— spirit appearing after death
Spanish:
sombra
— spirit appearing after death
Spanish:
el alma
— spirit appearing after death
Spanish:
pora
— spirit appearing after death
Sranan Tongo:
yorka
— spirit appearing after death
Sranan Tongo:
spuku
— spirit appearing after death
Sumerian:
𒆤
(/lil/)
— spirit appearing after death
Sumerian:
𒋝𒋝
(/sisig/)
— spirit appearing after death
Sumerian:
𒄇
(/gidim/)
— spirit appearing after death
Sundanese:
jurig
— spirit appearing after death
Swahili:
kivuli
— spirit appearing after death
Swahili:
mzuka
— spirit appearing after death
Swahili:
mzimu
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
spöke
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
spökbild
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
fantom
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
ande
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
vålnad
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
gast
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
hamn
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
gengångare
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
dubbelgångare
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
skugga
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
draug
— spirit appearing after death
Swedish:
själ
— spirit appearing after death
Tagalog:
multo
— spirit appearing after death
Tagalog:
aparisyon
— spirit appearing after death
Tagalog:
aswang
— spirit appearing after death
Tagalog:
pantasma
— spirit appearing after death
Tajik:
рӯҳ
(rüh)
— spirit appearing after death
Tajik:
хаёлат
(xayolat)
— spirit appearing after death
Tajik:
шабаҳ
(šabah)
— spirit appearing after death
Tajik:
сиёҳӣ
(siyohi)
— spirit appearing after death
Tamil:
பேய்
(pēy)
— spirit appearing after death
Tatar:
өрәк
(öräk)
— spirit appearing after death
Telugu:
దయ్యం
(dayyaṁ)
— spirit appearing after death
Telugu:
ప్రేతాత్మ
(prētātma)
— spirit appearing after death
Telugu:
పిశాచి
(piśāci)
— spirit appearing after death
Telugu:
భూతం
(bhūtaṁ)
— spirit appearing after death
Thai:
ผี
(pǐi)
— spirit appearing after death
Thai:
ภูต
(pûut)
— spirit appearing after death
Thai:
ปิศาจ
(bpì-sàat)
— spirit appearing after death
Thai:
พราย
(praai)
— spirit appearing after death
Tlingit:
sʼig̱eeḵáawu
— spirit appearing after death
Tok Pisin:
tewel
— spirit appearing after death
Tok Pisin:
tambaran
— spirit appearing after death
Tok Pisin:
daiman
— spirit appearing after death
Turkish:
hayalet
— spirit appearing after death
Turkish:
ruh
— spirit appearing after death
Turkmen:
arwah
— spirit appearing after death
Tuvan:
дөргү
(dörgü)
— spirit appearing after death
Tuvan:
ора-сома
(ora-soma)
— spirit appearing after death
Tuvan:
хей чүве
(xey çüve)
— spirit appearing after death
Tuvan:
чиргилчин
(çirgilçin)
— spirit appearing after death
Tuvan:
сүнезин
(sünezin)
— spirit appearing after death
Ukrainian:
при́вид
(prývyd)
— spirit appearing after death
Ukrainian:
прима́ра
(prymára)
— spirit appearing after death
Ukrainian:
мара́
(mará)
— spirit appearing after death
Ukrainian:
дух
(dux)
— spirit appearing after death
Ukrainian:
фанто́м
(fantóm)
— spirit appearing after death
Urdu:
بُھوت
(bhūt)
— spirit appearing after death
Urdu:
رُوح
(rūh)
— spirit appearing after death
Urdu:
شَبَح
(śabah)
— spirit appearing after death
Uzbek:
ruh
— spirit appearing after death
Uzbek:
arvoh
— spirit appearing after death
Venda:
tshirunzi
— spirit appearing after death
Vietnamese:
ma
— spirit appearing after death
Vietnamese:
ma quỉ
— spirit appearing after death
Vietnamese:
bóng ma
— spirit appearing after death
Walloon:
spér
— spirit appearing after death
Welsh:
bwgan
— spirit appearing after death
Welsh:
ysbryd
— spirit appearing after death
Woiwurrung:
murup
— spirit appearing after death
Woiwurrung:
naRun
— spirit appearing after death
Wolof:
dog
— spirit appearing after death
Yao (Africa):
lisimwi
— spirit appearing after death
Yao (Africa):
cilengwalengwa class 7
— spirit appearing after death
Yiddish:
גײַסט
(gayst)
— spirit appearing after death
Yiddish:
רוח
(ruekh)
— spirit appearing after death
Zulu:
poki
— spirit appearing after death
Catalan:
ombra
— faint shadowy semblance
Chinese Mandarin:
幻象
(huànxiàng)
— faint shadowy semblance
Catalan:
distorsió
— false image in an optical device
Catalan:
aberració
— false image in an optical device
Chinese Mandarin:
幻象
(huànxiàng)
— false image in an optical device
Czech:
duch
— false image in an optical device
Czech:
artefakt
— false image in an optical device
Dutch:
artefact
— false image in an optical device
Finnish:
haamukuva
— false image in an optical device
Swahili:
mizuka
— false image in an optical device
Telugu:
భూతాకారం
(bhūtākāraṁ)
— false image in an optical device
Ukrainian:
артефа́кт
(artefákt)
— false image in an optical device
Afrikaans:
spookbeeld
— false image on a television screen
Bulgarian:
двоен образ
(dvoen obraz)
— false image on a television screen
Catalan:
distorsió
— false image on a television screen
Catalan:
fantasma
— false image on a television screen
Czech:
duch
— false image on a television screen
Dutch:
spookbeeld
— false image on a television screen
Finnish:
haamukuva
— false image on a television screen
French:
image fantôme
— false image on a television screen
German:
Geisterbild
— false image on a television screen
Hungarian:
szellemkép
— false image on a television screen
Manx:
scaan
— false image on a television screen
Portuguese:
fantasma
— false image on a television screen
Swahili:
mizuka
— false image on a television screen
Finnish:
saada kumottamaan
— (transitive) to imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue
Finnish:
katkaista kummitteleva käyttäjä
— (transitive) to forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one’s reserved nickname
Chinese Mandarin:
弧
(hú)
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Chinese Mandarin:
已讀不回 /已读不回
(yǐdúbùhuí)
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Chinese Mandarin:
玩消失
(wánxiāoshī)
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Finnish:
lopettaa yhteydenpito
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Finnish:
ghostata
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
French:
ghoster
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Georgian:
გოსთავს
(gostavs)
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Georgian:
დაგოსთავს
(dagostavs)
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
German:
ghosten
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Hungarian:
(szó nélkül/nyomtalanul) ghostingol
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Hungarian:
ghostol
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Hungarian:
eltűnik
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Hungarian:
felszívódik
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Hungarian:
kámforrá válik
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Hungarian:
köddé válik
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Hungarian:
lelép
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Italian:
ghostare
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Malay:
palau
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Polish:
ghostować
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Portuguese:
dar vácuo
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Portuguese:
deixar no vácuo
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Spanish:
ghostear
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Spanish:
cortar toda comunicación con
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Spanish:
ignorar completa y repentinamente
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Spanish:
descontactar
— (transitive) to stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation
Finnish:
siirtää toiseen vankilaan
— (transitive) to transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner
Finnish:
sijaistaa
— (transitive) to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone; (intransitive) to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone
Finnish:
kummitella
— (intransitive) to appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul
Finnish:
ajautua tyynessä
— (intransitive) of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind
